Suzanne Venker
Author and Relationship Coach
So my daughter is a Two. Known as the Helper, this Enneagram personality profile lends itself well to marriage. She couldn’t care less about being right; she has no desire to compete with anyone; and she’s naturally soft, patient, and kind. She’ll make some lucky man a fabulous wife. I’m not suggesting my daughter is …
When it comes to American women, there’s no shortage of attention paid to their needs, their desires, their education, their careers, and their rights. That is not the case for men, and it is no different in Australia—as Australian writer and commentator Bettina Arndt can attest. Bettina started out as one of Australia’s first sex …
This article was originally published at the Washington Examiner. For the past several months, I’ve been an avid Dave Ramsey fan. If you know who he is, you either like him or hate him. If you don’t know who he is, he essentially teaches people how to get rid of debt and build wealth—something he …
This article was originally published at the Washington Examiner. In the last week alone, I’ve spoken with three millennial women (who reached out for coaching) who are all in the same boat: they’re up to their eyeballs in debt, having gotten degree upon degree due to the pressure they felt from their parents and the culture …
In her book, What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us, Canadian-American author and journalist Danielle Crittenden examines the foremost issues in women’s lives—sex, marriage, motherhood, work, aging, and politics—and argues that a generation of women has been misled: taught to blame men and pursue independence at all costs. Happiness is obtainable, Crittenden says, but only if women …
Growing up with a controlling and/or domineering mother can cause all kinds of damage. For a girl, it can cause her to become either insecure or just as controlling in her own marriage or relationship. And for boy, it can and often does suppress his masculinity. Graham Stoney knows this firsthand and wrote an article …
Dear Husband, You may or many not know that the majority of my time is spent helping women be successful in love. That’s because I firmly believe women are the relationship navigators and thus have the ability to steer the marriage ship in the direction they want it to go. Once they embrace their femininity, …
Suzanne and Andre Paradis answer questions from listeners about their relationship problems and concerns. Some of the questions are as follows: What attracts a good man to a woman? Red Flags/how to know if he/she is marriage material What is the best advice I can pass onto my three boys about dating and navigating the …
If you and your spouse have been to marriage counseling to no avail, you’re not alone. It happens more often than you’d think. It’s not that there aren’t good marriage counselors “out there”—there are. But all too often, going to a marriage counselor can hurt, rather than help, a marriage. Here’s an excellent article—written by …
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