Tag: adventure

According to a survey from the U.S. Travel Association, couples who travel together have happier, healthier relationships compared to those who tend to stay local. The survey also found that couples who enjoy joint vacations ultimately feel more satisfied and romantic, communicate better, and even enjoy greater intimacy.

While traveling can propel your relationship forward, planning your next adventure comes with its caveats and stressors. Determining the best destination to visit, how to plan and what to expect can all create bumps in the road to your journey. Nonetheless, take your vacation planning in stride and tackle one detail at a time to work toward planning your first adventure together. Here’s how to get started.

Here I am at the end of the third quarter of newlywed life. Oh, who would have thought that marriage could bring such change? When "two become one," it seems that change is truly the name of the game. I giggle (at least now) at all the adjustments I have made in the first nine months of my marriage!

What compromise, thought, and cooperation it takes to create a new life that feels safe and comfortable. Yet, just when I think I’ve got it all under control, another new piece of the puzzle awaits me; there is always something new to ponder and learn.

It’s a common problem for couples: After a while things get a bit ho-hum in the bedroom. Whether the issue is frequency (you can count this year’s sexy-time sessions on one hand) or creativity (you’re not quite stuck in a missionary-position-with-the-lights-off rut, but close), you’d like to spice things up. Problem is, you’re too shy/embarrassed/inhibited to bring it up… and even if you could find the nerve, you wouldn’t know where to begin.

Each morning you struggle to wake up and try not to become too frazzled while wrangling the kids and getting ready for work. Eight or nine (or more) hours later, you come home, check as many chores as possible off your to-do list, and collapse into bed. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Even your hobbies and downtime are part of the same old routine: book club on Tuesday nights, TV on Thursday nights, dinner with your girlfriends every other Friday.

So what’s wrong with that? Well, a recent CNN article suggests that trying out new hobbies and discovering new interests might stave off memory loss.

It never ceases to amaze me how life changing a simple moment can be—and, if you visit Monterey, you’ll know why.

Things like waking up to the smell of clean, ocean air. Knowing, when you wake up, the world's greatest tasting breakfast is on its way. The joy of knowing my teenage children are just a few feet away and all the miracles we discover in the coming hours will be shared by all of us.