Category Archives: Marriage and Second Marriage advice

I am a huge fan of second marriage, and I love love love hearing those happy stories. That said, I think I read somewhere that 72% of second marriages end in divorce, which makes me sad. If someone asked me what the key is to ending up in the 2...

Who better than to give marital advice to newlyweds, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux than a bunch of divorced people? Read my Love Essentially column below, (published last Wednesday in Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press.)   Marital Advice ...

Maybe it's because I'm a romance novelist and relationship writer, but I am a sucker for love letters. So, when one of my readers sent me a love letter he was planning to give his wife of 25 years, I decided to include parts of it in my Love Essentia...

All couples fight. That's a fact. But there is one word that separates those who can work out their conflicts versus those who end up with unresolved issues: Accountability. In this week's Love Essentially, published yesterday in Chicago Tribun...

With the recent Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, I have to believe: More same sex marriage will lead to more same sex divorce. In this week's Love Essentially, published yesterday in Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press, I explore what th...