Dear John, Before I married “Tom,” we discussed what “success” in life meant to both of us. We are both well paid executives in different high tech companies and enjoy a high standard of living. We agreed that success for us was starting and raising a wonderful family.  Before we married, we both agreed that [...]

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In this week’s video message John discusses new research which indicates that communication we have in our relationships stimulates the brain’s healthy growth and function as we age. In fact just this week, UC Irvine neurobiologists have provided the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health and staves off many of the damaging effects [...]

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Dear John, My husband and I are coming up on our first anniversary. We have two children from my previous marriage. We are very happy spiritually, emotionally and physically, but “instant family syndrome” is draining us of our romantic urges.  Can you suggest ways we might keep our newlywed sex life alive? Andre in Burnaby, British [...]

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In this week’s video message John concludes his three-part series on the importance of keeping passion alive in your marriage. Beyond couples connecting with one another and having a close relationship, passionate marriages exist because a couple is maintaining passion in the bedroom.”
In part one of passionate marriages, John discussed sustaining and restoring passion in [...]

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Dear John, What are your thoughts regarding online dating? I am a divorced 45-year-old (or should I say “young”) woman, and I’ve just started to come out of my shell after a fourteen-year failed marriage. I have been talking with several men and have met a few of them on dating sites. Some I have talked [...]

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In this week’s video message John introduces the second of a three part series on the importance of keeping passion alive in your marriage. (If you have not seen part one of this series, click here) As John says, “often when people talk about passion in a marriage they are talking about connecting with one [...]

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Dear John, Although I am married, I have gone without love and romance in my life for years.  Three months ago I met Pam, who has rekindled feelings that I have repressed for a very long time. This is an exciting new awakening for me! Feelings of love that I thought were lost forever have now [...]

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