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.
When a woman says she’s unhappy, unloved, or unsure she wants to stay, it rarely comes out of nowhere. It isn’t “just another fight.” It’s an accumulation of years of trying, asking, hoping, and not receiving what she needed. Many men don’t recognize...
Some men excel in every arena except the one that matters most. They build companies, win championships, transform industries, and even set records. But at home, the relationship quietly falls apart.
Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Jeff Bezos, Tiger Wood...
Many men feel blindsided when their wife says they’re emotionally unavailable. The phrase can sound vague, confusing, or even accusatory. You may wonder, “What does that even mean? What exactly does she want from me?” And for many steady, even-keeled...
Marriage rarely falls apart overnight. More often, disconnect builds slowly. You see it in the small moments where partners withdraw instead of leaning in, avoid rather than repair, or try to handle everything alone until the relationship feels dista...
Most men don’t realize something important about themselves:
They are already relationally skilled.
They already know how to be patient, calm, empathetic, and emotionally steady because they do it every day at work, with clients, with coworkers, wi...
Most men are trained to scan for what’s broken. It’s instinctive: assess the problem, fix what’s failing, and move on to the next issue. But in a marriage, that mindset can quietly work against both you and your partner. When your attention is pulled...
When your wife is upset, emotional, or confrontational, it’s easy to get reactive. There are a myriad of possibilities for how you could react, but some of the most common ones for men are: shutting down, getting defensive, or pushing back. Whatever ...
If you look at the downfall of a marriage, it’s not often that everything falls apart overnight. Most of the time, they actually fade in silence as well as through from one or both parties. Too much quiet distance, one too many unspoken frustrations,...