strong marriage : Brett Fish

How to Save a Marriage… before you need to. [part xi]

I still have about a week's worth of marriage-enhancing tips/advice to share as it is such an important topic it needs great attention and also because people are so different, every marriage will be different and so different advice or thoughts or ideas will relate to different people - so trust you will find something that impacts you and your marriage [or future marriage] strongly. This collection of thoughts really struck me as powerful and [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T11:25:55+02:00November 14th, 2011|love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|3 Comments

How to Save a Marriage… before you need to. [part x]

i have purposefully tried to get different voices as i ask friends of mine who are married well for their opinions on what can help to make a marriage strong and while a lot of my friends have only been married for under ten years, it is clearly an advantage to hear from those who have walked longer and gone through much more, and so it is a privilege for me to share some words [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T11:49:26+02:00November 13th, 2011|love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|2 Comments

How to Save a Marriage… before you need to. [part viii]

Great words of marriage wisdom from my good friend Debbie [who once taught me how to play 30 Seconds, for the second time] Realize that in the difficult stuff you are NOT against each other. Together, as a Team, face the issue. Don't put it in between you. LISTEN to each other's NEEDS. Actively love, in words, in actions, in selflessness, in putting their needs above your own. Can I just throw in there that [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T11:15:43+02:00November 12th, 2011|love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|2 Comments

How to Save a Marriage… before you need to. [part vii]

And one more short yet profound look at what my best friend Rob Lloyd had to say when I asked him about what makes a strong marriage stronger? "If you love them in the little ways, you'll love them in the big ones too. Don't ever stop working at it - who wants a marriage that is just "fine"?" Rob Lloyd [married for six years] [to continue to the next part, click here]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T11:11:00+02:00November 11th, 2011|love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|4 Comments

botswanan reflections: a couple to follow

so blah blah blah botswana trip... we went up with our friends dreadlock mike (dreads) and nancy the twin (twin) and two of their friend couples and i could possibly blog a lot about living with all three for the week... but the one i want to briefly write about is a couple who were mike and nancy's groomsman and bridesmaid respectively... a physio for the sharks and a high level manager type product control [...]

By brettfish|2010-12-05T10:24:51+02:00December 5th, 2010|change the world, friends and enemas, love and chocolate|1 Comment