Mrs Nwando(not real name) is a nursery school teacher who is married to a local trader. They are surviving on their daily income and barely have little to save or invest.   Mrs Nwando, however, would not live within her means as she is competing with her neighbor and wants

What I have discovered in my years of practice is that so many married couples do not know the reason for their marriage. Why did you get married? Why did you marry the person you married? Why marriage?   Similar, right? I know but I tell you they are not

This past weekend my husband and I strolled through the tree-lined street admiring some of the new buildings in our estate. We passed one that housed an exterior balcony and we saw this new couple with an elderly man. The elderly man said to the new couple “Put forth your

“YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO” When it comes to your marriage, I would say, “YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO.” The TIME spent with your spouse determines the strength of your marriage. When you spend it together and you feel connected. Do your own thing too often and you might sleep

I know you have marriage problems and your situation probably appears to be very complicated. Maybe it is but maybe it’s not. Maybe what’s complicated about your marriage is the way you’re analyzing it. Have you ever had a marital conflict, only find a solution to a problem and realise

She stammered looking straight into my face without saying a word clearly “I guess you can read my pain” says her eyes.   What if my husband is the problem? What if my marriage breaks? Why can he not just understand that I am hurting? She spoke amidst tears this

The closer you are to someone, the more likely you are to step on their toes. After all familiarity, they say it breeds contempt, and being married to someone certainly puts you closer together. So the chances are good that you and your spouse would hurt each other. The point

A woman who just discovered that her husband cheated on her recently asked me a great question. She said, “My husband cheated on me and has apologized over 100 times, and is committed to being a new man but I do not know if I can mend things with him

Let’s imagine your car has a minor oil leakage day after day. You have an option of facing it to repair it or you could choose to ignore it in order to avoid the inconvenience of going to the mechanical engineers, the cost of the repair and new parts, and