Rivka’s Quarantine Diary Day 7 | Lazy Sunday, Wedding Guests on Zoom
Lazy Sunday, Wedding Guests on Zoom | 7th Day of Family Covid Quarantine How much laziness can one enjoy? Apparently it’s never too much for some 🙂 Truly I didn’t want any semblance of a schedule for Sunday in quarantine. We baked and had a movie day. I rarely let the kids watch movies and […]
Rivka’s Quarantine Diary Day 3 | Missing Adult Interaction in Quarantine with Kids
March 18, 2020 Third-Day of Covid Quarantine with My Kids Feeling like I miss interacting with other adults. I invited past attendees of our Getting the Love You Want Workshop to join us on a Zoom night as I’ve seen other Imago therapists do online. Nothing heavy or anything like that, just to see each other’s […]
Rivka’s Quarantine Diary Day 2 | Quarantined with Kids
March 17, 2020 Second Day of Covid Quarantine with My Kids Because of me feeling pressured all day yesterday to adhere to a schedule, which is something generally very difficult for me to do with my adult ADHD, I decided to do away with the kids’ “homeschool” schedule. I told them we will definitely learn […]
Rivka’s Quarantine Diary Day 4 | Tears, Perseverance & Joy Helping Couples
March 19, 2020 Fourth Day of Covid Quarantine with Family Last night there were tears. Tears when I saw pictures of coffins in Italy lined up, tears when I heard about young people contracting corona, tears when I heard the stock market lost all gains since Trump. I’m not sure if they were tears of […]
Rivka’s Quarantine Diary Day 1 | Keeping Kids on a Schedule & Meditation
March 16, 2020 Our quarantine officially started yesterday, on Monday, March 16, 2020. We had actually quarantined ourselves voluntarily starting the previous Thursday because it seemed that we were sick with various flu, allergies, and colds. So this isn’t really day 1 and it feels like we’ve already been quarantined for a week! Managing Kids’ […]
Your Concerns About Attending Marriage Counseling at a Retreat Answered
If you’ve been wanting to work on your marriage by way of counseling and education at a marriage retreat, we’ve just announced the next 4 workshop dates for 2020 in Maryland and New York! Some people have questions and concerns about privacy, cost, and effectiveness of marriage retreats. Let’s go through those concerns and answer […]
What types of couples go to retreats for counseling?
People want to know what types of couples come to our marriage retreats? People who come to our retreats with their partner either want to save their marriage or have one foot out the door. Some couples want to do something to help improve their relationship, to keep the spark alive and improve upon things. […]
We’re Growing! Help us Welcome Our Newest Therapists
Looking for marriage counseling near you, only to find that our Baltimore counseling office is too far to travel? If you want to find someone that is convenient to get to but also skilled, you’re in luck. The Marriage Restoration Project just added four new practitioners at locations across the United States including New York, […]
Reservations Still Available Pre-Thanksgiving Marriage Retreat | Getting the Love You Want
There is nothing more fulfilling than helping a couple move through their darkest times to experience a happy ending. For most couples, the love is still there. That’s why it hurts so much. The challenge is knowing how to get to the other side. (Kind of like how we go through the darkness of fall […]
Why Does the Divorce Rate Decrease as Education Level Increases?
It’s well-documented that people with higher education levels are less likely to divorce than those with less schooling. In fact, divorce rates decline steadily as education rises. A 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics study found: *“The chance of a marriage ending in divorce decreases as educational attainment rises: over half of the marriages among people […]
How Anxiety Impacts Marriage: Childhood Roots, Disconnection, and Healing Options
Anxiety is one of the most silent but destructive forces in a marriage. It doesn’t just show up as nervous thoughts or restless nights—it often creates emotional distance, conflict cycles, and feelings of rejection between spouses. Many couples don’t realize that the anxiety fueling today’s disconnection often comes from childhood wounds that were never healed. […]
What should I do when my husband ignores me?
If your husband ignores you, you may be feeling uncomfortable, sad, or even mad. Keep reading to gain more clarity about what is happening and what you can do to positively impact the situation. Reasons Your Husband Ignores You While there are many possible reasons you are feeling ignored by your husband, here are a […]
Military Spouse Entitlement During Separation and Divorce
Military members and their spouses, just like people who have no military connection, may decide to legally separate. Sometimes, they have hope that their marriage can be restored. Some may decide to enter a legal separation indefinitely so that the nonmilitary spouse can retain some spousal benefits. In other cases, the military spouse may abandon his […]
It takes a village. Group marriage retreats can be so healing.
We needed childcare. The grandparents were away, Rivka’s sisters were out of town, babysitters weren’t available. I was getting desperate, we were scheduled to go present our group marriage retreat, called the Getting the Love You Want Workshop in Brooklyn, NY and I needed coverage for the kids. Getting desperate, I decided to ask a mother […]
Before You Decide on Divorce: The One Step Most Couples Miss
The main reason why Rivka and I started The Marriage Restoration Project was so that children would not have to go through what she experienced as a little girl caught in the middle of her parent’s bitter divorce. This is still a motivator for us—to help create happy, loving families. So it becomes deeply personal […]
What to do if you’re in a boring marriage?
Many of you feel like you’re in a boring marriage. Trying to decide what to do about it- if you should stay or go. It’s a huge decision to make and we don’t want you to make it hastily. After all, your spouse is a lovely person. He may be a great dad or she’s […]
Tips to Help Listen to Your Spouse Without Getting Defensive
One of the hardest things to do is to listen without getting defensive and reactive. And you know by now, that if you don’t know how to listen, the fight will escalate and worsen. The following video will give you 3 tips to help listen to your spouse without getting defensive. It was originally recorded […]
The 10 Commandments for Start-Up Families: How Couple Entrepreneurs Can Succeed in Business and Marriage
Couples who build businesses together face a unique paradox: their “why” is usually to create financial freedom and impact the world — but the demands of a start-up can quickly drain their relationship. So how do successful entrepreneur couples avoid burnout, money fights, and disconnection while scaling their companies? Here are the 10 “commandments” for […]
Money Fights in Relationships: Why Men & Women React Differently
Money can be a constant source of stress and it can impact your marriage and relationship every single day. You may already know how much MONEY creates fights in marriage and relationships, but did you know that men and women react differently to money issues? Let’s learn more about how we react differently, what triggers […]
KonMari Your Thoughts (Especially About Your Partner)
We wrote about the KonMari method years ago in 2017 and now we’re talking about it again with regards to your thoughts, with the new launch of the KonMari TV show! Decluttering a physical space can be a challenge and what’s even more of a challenge is to KonMari your thoughts and beliefs that no […]