Better Husband Blog
The Better Husband Blog is where men learn practical relational skills to build stronger marriages. Here you’ll find insights on communication, trust, intimacy, and leadership in your relationship. Each article offers clear steps you can put into practice right away so you can show up as the partner your wife needs and the man you want to be.
Have you ever had the experience where every little thing in your marriage turns into a fight?
Whether you’re loading the dishwasher and somehow the way you put the bowls in becomes an argument, or you show up when you said you would, and somehow yo...
There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes from feeling like you’re the only one trying to improve your marriage.
Let’s say you’ve been reading the books, listening to podcasts, going to therapy, or working with a coach. You’ve been trying...
Every marriage is unique, but one thing is inevitable: You're going to mess up.
You're going to say the wrong thing, forget something important, snap at your wife over something that wasn't actually a big deal, or get defensive when you should have...
What if becoming a better husband isn't about finally getting everything right?
For many men, that's a difficult idea to accept. We’ve been taught to set goals, identify things we want to improve, and try to become the husbands we know our wives de...
“Happy wife, happy life.”
Most married men have heard it. Maybe your dad said it, or you heard it from a friend, a coworker, or even an older married man who offered it as supposedly timeless advice.
It’s said in good faith, and the message seems s...
Marriage isn't built on grand gestures alone. More often, it's shaped by hundreds of ordinary moments that seem insignificant at the time. Think about a time when your wife asked you to take a walk after dinner with her, or maybe she invited you to t...
One of the hardest moments for a husband in a struggling marriage is when they realize their wife started working on the relationship long before they ever even considered there was a problem.
If this sounds like you, I’m willing to bet you’ve start...
If you've been working on your marriage for any length of time, you've probably heard some version of the same advice: your wife needs to be able to tell you the truth.
The truth about how she's been feeling, the ways she's been hurt, the moments wh...