A Road Map for Recovery: Leaving Pornography Addiction and Discovering Life
Healing from an addiction to pornography not only offers an individual an opportunity to stop life-damaging behaviors, but also creates a completely new way of living life. Individuals who commit to full recovery will discover a new version of themselves previously unimagined. Truly, they become new creatures in Christ.
By Geoff Steurer

What's A Woman To Do?
How Pornography Affects Women and What They Can Do
In all of my years of counseling individuals and couples, I have never seen any other behavior produce a pattern of pain and misery as predictable as that which happens to an individual and his marriage when he views pornography.
By Geoff Steurer

Dealing with Differences and Resolving Issues in Marriage
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #8
The weapons of pain that a husband or wife may use in marriage are less often physical threats or abuses than they are other kinds of weapons. It is important for us to learn to deal with differences in ways that are caring and kind, rather than cutting or hurtful.
By Sean Brotherson, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network

LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #7— Starting Marriage with Realistic Expections
For romance value, doing an inventory of your marital expectations does not compete well with choosing favorite love songs for your wedding reception. But it could very well be one of the most important things you and your spouse-to-be do prior to getting married.
By Chuck and Laraine Chamberlain, for the LDS Marriage Network

Consider Your Finances — A Smart Start to Managing Money in Marriage
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #6
There are major stumbling blocks for couples regarding finances. Many couples wish their partner was more careful about spending, have trouble saving money, have major debts, or report one partner tries to control the household money.
By James Marshall, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network

LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #5
Let’s Talk: Applying the Principle of Agency to Couple Communication
Nobody can make you feel angry, sad or resentful. You have to accept the offer.
By Greg McGreer, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network

The Hope of Lasting Change
What Does it Take to Overcome Pornography Addiction?
People addicted to pornography share stories where they experience weeks and months of victory over viewing pornography, only to be suddenly blindsided by the overwhelming forces that lead them to act out. Where is help?
By Geoff Steurer

From Honeymoon to Happily Ever After — Preparing for an Intimately Fulfilling Relationship
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #4
A positive and mutually pleasing honeymoon begins the foundation upon which the richest and sweetest relationship ever created by God can be built. A negative honeymoon experience can sow seeds of dissatisfaction that may fester for many moons.
By Laura M. Brotherson, CFLE, for the LDS Marriage Network

Choosing the Same Partner Over and Over Again: Commitment in a Healthy Marriage
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #3
Commitment means not selling off the garden because it needs fertilizer or quitting a relationship because of a snowstorm. It means a willingness to invest and to see beyond the bad times.
By H. Wallace Goddard, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network

LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit — Article Guide
The LDS Marriage Network has put together the LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit, a series of articles designed primarily for the LDS engaged or newlywed audience, and those who wish to support them. This guideline will help you make the most of the series.

A Smart Start for the Newlywed Years:  Marriage is Worth the Effort
LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #2
In our fallen mortal state, the tendency in all of us is to think of ourselves first and to simply do as little as we can for others. If we do not put forth effort when it comes to marriage, we will naturally drift apart — without even meaning to.
By David Schramm, MS, for the LDS Marriage Network

LDS Newlywed Smart Start Kit #1 — Doctrinal Foundations of the LDS Marriage
The quality of our life here in morality, and in the eternities, will largely be determined by the quality of our relationships with God and others.
By Scott Anderson, PhD, for the LDS Marriage Network