Check This Out: Project Happily Ever After

This post is the fourth in a series called “Check This Out.” The purpose of these posts is to introduce you to other great blogs and online resources that can help you achieve the extraordinary in your marriage and family life. Enjoy!

In this edition of “Check This Out,” I’m excited to introduce you to one of my favorite marriage blogs: Project: Happily Ever After.  The site’s creator, Alisa Bowman, gives raw, helpful and oftentimes hilarious advice on the struggles we all face in marriage.

Alisa’s particular focus with Project: Happily Ever After is helping those that have experienced the “dark side” of marriage and are seeking some guidance in getting back to a relationship that they love and enjoy.

Why does she care so much about this topic, and what makes her an expert?  Well, she’s lived it.  Here’s a bit of Alisa’s story in her own words:

I started this site because I once regularly fantasized about my husband dropping dead. I spent so much time thinking and hoping for that car accident or heart attack that I had his entire funeral planned out—down to the food and beer I would serve the mourners.  



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Check This Out: Past Due Radio

This post is the third in a series called “Check This Out.” The purpose of these posts is to introduce you to other great blogs and online resources that can help you achieve the extraordinary in your marriage and family life. Enjoy!

In this edition of “Check This Out,” I’m genuinely thrilled to introduce you to my favorite new podcast and an excellent source of wise advice on finances and many other aspects of life.  If you haven’t checked out Past Due Radio, you really owe it to yourself to give host Derek Sisterhen a listen and a look.

You may recognize Derek’s name because he is one of the most regular and insightful commenters here on Engaged Marriage.  He really “gets it” and shares many of my thoughts and convictions on the subjects of marriage, family, money and communication.

So, why did Derek leave a corporate gig to become a financial coach and start an online radio show?  Here are his own words from his About page:

If you told me ten years ago that I’d be a radio show host, author, and helping others turn dreams into reality, I would’ve laughed pretty hard.  And yet, here I am: the host Past Due Radio and author of Get Naked: Stripping Down to Money & Marriage.  



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Check This Out: Better Parenting

This post is the second in a series called “Check This Out.” The purpose of these posts is to introduce you to other great blogs and online resources that can help you achieve the extraordinary in your marriage and family life.  Enjoy!

In this edition of “Check This Out,” I’m really privileged to introduce you to a fairly new site that I feel is going to be highly successful.  The site is called Better Parenting and, as the name suggests, it focuses on helping you become a better parent.

Better Parenting is headed up by a great guy with a cool name: Eppie Vojt.  Although Eppie certainly contributes, it is a multi-author site, so a variety of perspectives are provided on a wide range of topics, including marriage, family finances, pregnancy and of course parenting itself.

There are a lot of great parenting sites out there, but Better Parenting caught my eye with its great-looking design and the depth of content that’s been provided there in a relatively short time.  I am also a big fan of the site’s mission and approach to giving real-world, practical advice from those that are living the experiences they write about (sound familiar? )  



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Check This Out: ONE Extraordinary Marriage

This post is the first in a new series called “Check This Out.”  The purpose of these posts is to introduce you to other great blogs and online resources that can help you achieve the extraordinary in your marriage.  I am particularly excited to highlight fellow marriage proponents who you may not be aware of (yet).  Enjoy!

In this inaugural edition of “Check This Out,” I’m excited to introduce you to a site called ONE Extraordinary Marriage.  The site is authored by husband and wife duo Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo.  You may recognize Tony and Alisa as contributors to the Love Everyday project.

I think it’s safe to say that a primary topic you’ll find discussed at ONE is intimacy and sexuality.  The DiLorenzo’s are fellow Christians, and they do everything with class.  The ability to handle such a delicate topic in a high-quality way is one of the things that sets ONE Extraordinary Marriage apart in a growing selection of great relationship blogs.

Another unique thing about this site is the fantastic Podcast component.  Tony and Alisa take to the microphones each week to deliver a quality podcast on a given topic.  Their most recent show focused on the topic of how we communicate through touch.  



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