by joebeam | Sep 3, 2015 | Grief, How To's, Life
I once described a hero as one who can hit a ball a long way, as in a Major League baseball player. As we get older, often our heroes change. I know mine has. I now have about 700 of them. Since 2009, when we hosted our first grief retreat, some 700 brave souls have...
by joebeam | May 5, 2015 | Communication, Marriage Trouble, Uncategorized
QUESTION: My husband didn’t blink an eye when I told him to move into the spare room. But he didn’t move before vividly describing more things about me that anger him. I wish he would have brought this to my attention years ago (literally). I don’t...
by joebeam | May 5, 2015 | Communication, How To's, Marriage, Marriage Trouble, Relationship, Uncategorized
QUESTION: I’m confused. My husband and I are separated. He keeps telling me that he wants to have normal conversations. He talks about nothing. He doesn’t want a heart to heart conversation so we can solve our problems. I just want to know am I wasting my...
by joebeam | Apr 30, 2015 | Marriage Trouble, Relationship, Sex, Uncategorized
In my work with marriages in crisis since 1994, 67% of those marriages have been affected by infidelity. Some on the part of the husband, some the wife, some both. If the affair was short-lived – primarily about sex – the crisis is real but not as...
by joebeam | Apr 29, 2015 | God, Marriage Trouble, Relationship
QUESTION: I can’t do this anymore. I don’t know how to fight for someone who doesn’t want me or our marriage. This just isn’t any way to live. I can’t remember the last time I really laughed, I cry constantly, I’m sick of being sad....
