How To Make A Marriage Work

Now, I'm going to talk to you about how to make a marriage work. Put very simply, your partner needs to see you as a positive anchor in their life. So, five experiences out of six need to be positive with your partner so when they go to work or when they go out in the world, and they think of you, they think of you with love, with harmony, with contentment.

You need to make sure you don't dump your anger on them. You need to make sure you make them the center of your world, sovereign in your life, and that you communicate that daily to them, how important they are, how much you love them. You need to choose whether you want to be happy or right.

If you want to be happy, you need to practice saying "I'm so sorry, darling," when you tripped up, even when you didn't mean it. You need to practice saying, "Yes darling, I'll put the bins out tonight". "Yes, darling, I'll clean the bath".

"Yes, darling, let me make the supper. You rest your feet. I know how tired you are".

Wipe your lover's weary brow and tell them how sweet they are, how tender they are, how grateful you are that they came into your life, and how each day is a mini miracle because they are with you. Even a marriage has no guarantees. We are only lent to people, so treat each moment with this person as special, sacred, beautiful.

And the honouring, what you give will be given back to you. It is the way it works. Blessings to you.

A marriage isn't a guarantee of a lifetime of happiness. You need to work at it. Love coach Cate Mackenzie shows you how to keep a marriage strong.