Becoming the Wife I Want to Be

Daily Broadcast: Greg and Erin Smalley offer advice from their book The Wholehearted Wife.

I polled other women on ways to be a better wife. Because I never want to assume that I have all the right wife answers. Let's see if our husbands agree.

How do we set aside our own hurt and frustration and live out our calling as wives? Here are three ways to love your imperfect husband.

Most husbands share a certain set of needs and desires. Some of your husband's needs may surprise you, but you can learn how to move beyond your expectations to build a marriage that goes the distance.

What if in a marriage, only one person wants to stay in the marriage and is working and fighting for the relationship to continue? What would you say to them?

What does it mean to be a "wife of noble character" (or a husband, for that matter)?

In this week’s episode, Emerson and Jonathan read and discuss a series of
recent emails from a wife who is a dynamic leader outside the home. She
feels she and her husband may be mismatched and asks if, and how, they
should remain together.

Let's quit comparing ourselves with others and agree: A happy wife recognizes that a happy marriage is defined by what she and her husband consider a happy marriage to be.

Jared and I drifted apart in the months after Dillon was born. It wasn’t a subtle drifting, like rowboats that slipped their knots and meandered off to sea in the quiet of night. Eventually, we found paddles again. We searched out ways to rebuild our connection and build new rhythms for our family of 3, and I talk about some of these ways here.

Are You a Happy Wife? Take this quiz and find out.

My diverse roles in family life often complement each other, but every now and then I feel like I have to choose between being a good wife and a good mother. I experience this internal warring whenever Mike wants us to go away without the kids. A romantic getaway enriches my marriage, but it also means leaving the boys with a sitter, missing soccer games and getting behind on monitoring their homework. So I ask myself, What’s more important … investing in my kids or in my marriage?

Are you and your husband in need of doing fun things together? Here are some ideas for a couples bucket list for you and your husband to do.

Author Kathi Lipp offers suggestions for simple, practical ways for how a wife can build up her husband through words of affirmation, acts of service and love.

Have a new husband by Friday Is that even possible Dr. Kevin Leman says it is. The "New York Times" bestselling author and self-help guru shows even the most frustrated wife how she can have a new husband by Friday. Leman reminds any wife that if w...

Happy Marriage: The only way you can experience true joy is by pursuing intimacy with Christ on a daily basis.A happy marriage doesn’t stem from how well our husbands meet our expectations, but how well we know God.

If you’ve ever seen your man shut down when you think you’re just asking questions or giving helpful advice, here’s some of what might be going on.

Create a heart-to-heart connection, even when your man is reluctant.

Pam Farrel gives wives 52 ways to wow their husbands and add spark to their marriages. Pam delivers humor in her fun woman-to-woman style through inspirational stories, godly advice, and easy-to-read offerings.

Wanting your spouse to be an ox, peacock, horse and nightingale all wrapped up into one amazing person isn’t just cruel, it’s insane and actually a bit freakish.

Dr. Mike Bechtle offers a light-hearted and insightful look at the differences between men and women in a discussion based on his book I Wish He Had Come With Instructions: The Woman's Guide to a Man's Brain.