Entries by Gerry Dye

3 Key Factors of Best Marriage Retreats

3 Key Factors of Best Marriage Retreats Searching for a marriage retreat that’s right for you can be a challenge; after all, you do have options. To help you on your way to success with your partner, take into account these three key factors of best marriage retreats. Location and accommodations: You are planning to […]

4 Beautiful Retreats for Couples

4 Beautiful Retreats for Couples If you are looking for a scenic location to escape to as you seek to build the relationship of your dreams, LIFE Marriage Retreats has ideal locations for you. Our retreats for couples are all stunning, set in the beauty of nature’s finest backdrops. Take a look at the benefits […]

5 Benefits of Marriage Retreats for Any Marriage

5 Benefits of Marriage Retreats for Any Marriage Some people think there is a stigma for marriage retreats that requires couples to be at risk of divorce or beyond reconciliation without intervention. While many couples who seek help from LIFE Marriage Retreats are in a state of high relationship distress, others are simply seeking the […]

Marriage Communication Problems and Solutions

Having marriage communication problems? Take the following quiz to help pinpoint a possible communication weak point. Your perceptions of what is true and what is false will indeed take you in very different directions:  1. I believe that criticism can be a very positive behavior in resolving marital conflict. True___  False___ 2. I respond very […]

Marriage New Year’s Resolution

You probably will not be surprised to learn that the average personal or marriage New Year’s Resolution has a life expectancy of about one week. Most people tend to smile knowingly and a little sadly at such a fact, believing that failed efforts to improve our lives and relationships are simply an unsolvable part of […]

Balanced Relationships

A key element of any LIFE Marriage Retreat is helping couples to build a balanced relationship. Recently at a private marriage Retreat the couple found what they considered the perfect symbol for their future relationship. Along the San Diego beach Retreat location we sometimes see awesome columns of intricately balanced rocks that seem to defy […]

Strengthen Your Marriage with a Healthy Marriage Perspective

A healthy marriage perspective is important in maintaining a happy relationship.  Recently, I heard a man use the all too common phrase “the old ball n’ chain” in reference to his wife.  Oh, how damaging this phrase can be. While at times, this phrase may seem to accurately describe the feeling of being tied down, held […]

Healing Marriage: Administer First Aid

One of the keys to healing marriage is knowing when to administer emotional first aid to your partner. This healing art is one of the great benefits of a LIFE Couples Retreat.  When your partner is hurting from something you might have said or done, it is not the time for you to justify, defend, […]

Healing Marriage: The Law of the Monkey

Sometimes at our LIFE Couples Retreats we tell about a certain species of monkey in Africa that can teach us something about healing marriage. Over the years certain tribes have learned how to trap this monkey whether for the stew pot or to sell.  The hunter can use either a cavity carved into a tree […]