Inside the Essential Touchstones

How to clarify assumptions before they turn toxic
When to break the silence without making it worse
Defining who is to blame correctly and fairly
Resetting the argument without keeping score
Show don't tell what matters most

You didn't marry the wrong person. You married into the wrong system.

You didn't get a manual with your marriage license. But every fight about dishes, every silent car ride, every "we're fine" that isn't fine, those aren't signs you married wrong. They're signs you're trying to live today's love with yesterday's tools.

Spousing gives you those tools.

After 25 years as a conflict advisor, I've seen what makes love survive marriage. It's not more communication. It's not date nights. It's not the love language. It's simple practices called Touchstones that restore connection when life gets chaotic.

No therapy appointments. No long talks. Just practical moves you can use immediately. Action over failed arguments. 

Want to see how it works?

Download the free Essential Touchstone Starter Kit and try one this week. Couples report feeling closer within days, not because they fixed everything, but because they finally had a clear move to make when stuck.

Love brought you together. Spousing keeps you there.

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HOW LOVE

SURVIVES MARRIAGE