by Lesli Doares | Oct 28, 2022 | Love and Marriage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QR6gHkDNFwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Lesli Live | Is "Weaponized Incompetence" Part of Your Marriage? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QR6gHkDNFw) Weaponized incompetence, also known as strategic...
by Lesli Doares | Jul 22, 2022 | Love and Marriage
I used to get asked all the time what my success rate doing couples counseling was. My answer—100% with couples who were willing and able to do the work and 0% with couples who weren’t. Because I can only provide information. I can’t make someone use it. And neither...
by Lesli Doares | May 1, 2022 | Interdependence, Sacrifice
What do you think of when you hear the word “sacrifice”? Does it sound easy or difficult? And should it be a required part of marriage? Not in my book. Because marriage is not a deity or supernatural blob that needs to be appeased. Sacrifice is defined by Merriam...
by Lesli Doares | Apr 22, 2022 | Marriage
You’ve heard it—marriage requires compromise. You know the drill. You give up something, she gives up something and you meet somewhere in the middle. Sounds good in theory doesn’t it. But in practice, not so much. Yes, you need to reach decisions about things. Though...
by Lesli Doares | Apr 15, 2022 | Love and Marriage
Every time I hear someone say that marriage takes hard work I think, “Yeah, sign me up for that.” It sounds like I need to go out and plow the back 40 in 100-degree heat and 100 percent humidity. There is nothing about it that sounds appealing. Maybe that’s why so...