Sex, Stress, Hormones and Happiness After the Affair

I have read all of John Gray’s books in the past, and recently picked up his new one called, “Venus on Fire Mars on Ice.” It has a lot of the scientific data that I enjoy absorbing.  I haven’t realized this about myself until after the affair, but I am somewhat of a geek.  [...]

Recovering From An Affair: Keep the Passion Alive

Jul 9, 2010  |  under Healing From Infidelity, Sex and Marriage  |  by Linda

I have been reading a book by one of my favorite authors called “Passion,” by Barbara de Angelis.  Today I have decided to share an excerpt from the book about keeping the passion of love alive.  Keeping the passion alive is especially important in preventing an affair, but also while recovering from an affair.  [...]

Having an Affair Within Your Marriage

May 27, 2010  |  under Marriage Building, Save Your Marriage, Sex and Marriage  |  by Linda

Most of us who are married come to the point in our relationship where the excitement and satisfaction levels drop off considerably from earlier times in our marriage. It could because of the kids, work or some other aspect of everyday life.  It is at these low-satisfaction levels that affairs can occur. I’ve been re-reading [...]

Saving A Marriage:Sex After the Affair

Apr 20, 2010  |  under Sex and Marriage  |  by Doug

We’ve not delved too deeply into the subject of having sex after an affair. However, one of the best ways we found (in hindsight) to saving a marriage is connecting on an intimate level.  In other words—lots of great sex!
For some reason, even when Linda and I were in the darkest days of realization of [...]

Emotional Affairs: Rekindled Past Flames

Mar 11, 2010  |  under Emotional Affairs, Sex and Marriage  |  by Doug

One of the common threads we have noticed from comments to this blog as well as from the emails we receive, is that many of the emotional affairs that exist are being carried out with old boyfriends or girlfriends.  We thought that was kind of interesting and decided to do a little research on the [...]

Are Humans Meant to be Monogamous?

Feb 20, 2010  |  under Sex and Marriage  |  by Doug

The following article was published on LiveScience.com a year or so ago and we thought it was pretty interesting.  We would be curious to know your thoughts on the subject.
News of politicians’ extramarital affairs seems to be in no short supply lately, but if humans were cut from exactly the same cloth as other mammals, [...]

Connecting with Your Spouse

Jan 18, 2010  |  under Sex and Marriage, Surviving an Affair  |  by Doug

Linda and I went out of town this weekend to finish up a project I’ve been working on for my sister the past couple of months.  We worked most of the day painting and sanding drywall, and then we went out to dinner at a local pub both Saturday and Sunday night.  Outside of the [...]