Review: Stress-Proof Your Marriage

Stress-Proof Your Marriage by Cory and Heidi Busse was very short, 61 pages to be exact, but those pages were filled with good information. For me, it was not a bunch of earth shattering new revelations, but it made me think. The ten very specific chapters helped me to focus on different aspects of my marriage and consider what I might want to change.

Hubby and I have a good marriage. We've had some ups and downs, but every marriage goes through those. Each of the hard times has helped us learn more about us and what we need to do to keep our marriage healthy.

Marriage is not easy, but when you add children it gets even harder. You no longer have just each other to worry about and most of the time the children become the focus of everything. I've found that if I'm not careful I become so focused on taking care of the kids that I forget the things I need to do to keep the stress of life from causing problems between Hubby and I.

"Fight" was the chapter that stood out to me. There are a few misconceptions that it reminded me to be careful of. First of all, even couples in the happiest marriages in the world will fight. Second of all, fighting is not always a bad thing. The fighting has to be done in a respectful manner. It also has to be finished. Walking away from an unfinished fight, still feeling bitter or resentful, does not help anything. The best part of finishing a healthy fight is that after it's over I can hug Hubby and know that everything is good and there are no hard feelings left between us.

At different times I'm sure I will reread different chapters to remind myself of the key things to keep in mind when stress starts to get the better of things. It's not a long book. It's not a difficult book. It is a book I'm glad I have and plan to hold on to for a long time to come.

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