Prepare yourself for the greatest marriage proposal ever! In the video below, groom-to-be Isaac pulls out all the stops and gives his girlfriend, Amy, a proposal that she will surely remember for the rest of her life! This is exactly the kind of thing we love to hear about at StrongMarriageNow. This is a couple […]

Here’s the next video in our blog series “Dr. Dana Answers Your Questions.” Today’s question is from MJ: “We’ve been together 19 years. His family dislikes me and are coercing him to leave me and our two children. I get that they don’t like me but I can’t do anything about it.  I don’t understand […]

In 2012, RealAge test results from more than 28 million people ranked America’s 50 largest metropolitan areas in order to uncover the best places to live to stay young. While aging is inevitable, the rate of aging is not.  In other words, each city’s ranking is based on a unique assessment of the healthy lifestyles, […]

Lao Tzu, the Father of Taoism, said, “Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem […]

So many couples get caught up in their busy lives or in hurt feelings and drift apart and feel lonely and disconnected. But what we truly desire are those fabulous feelings of togetherness and joy that are typically associated with the holidays. During those times, we gather together to ring in the New Year, exchange […]

Dr Dana was recently featured on the Everyday Wisdom for Families radio show with parenting expert Kellie Ann Peterson. We wanted to let you know that you can listen to the playback of the call at any time. Just click the link below: Click Here to Listen to the Show! Dr Dana and Kellie covered […]

The reality is that once we are married, we spend a lot of time as husband and wife, paying the bills, taking care of the family.  We spend a lot of time as mom and dad, playing with the kids and parenting in a marriage.  But if we are not careful, we spend very little […]

Lifehacker contributor, Melanie Pinola, sites four reasons why couples might grow apart and recommends possible strategies and resources to prevent that from happening. These Problems include examples of a relationship that has gone stale, a couple that has grown apart, and problems with intimacy or money. For each of these specific problems, Melanie recommends tools […]

According to an annual survey of 101 lawyers in the United Kingdom, the leading reason couples site for divorce is no longer an extramarital affair. This is a major shift as since the annual survey began in 2003, an affair has been consistently the most cited reason couples divorce. This year, according to those that […]