Zombie Marriages

Having the ‘perfect’ family could be the death of your relationship.

Statistics show many couples are now arranging their partnership to be a side-by-side, “child-centered” relationship, leaving little time for an “adult-centered,” face-to-face connection.

And these couples are reporting that this low conflict, low passion set-up is resulting in a “semi-happy marriage.”

The loss of passion is the leading cause of divorce. A relationship without passion will eventually become a "zombie relationship" - it looks alive on the outside but on the inside it can be quite dead.

Experts say that allocating just 10 minutes a day to your “fact-to-face” connection can keep marriages strong and ward off the biggest threat to a relationship’s immunity system – BOREDOM.

Every day try to do 10 minutes of the following:


P – play, joke, laugh together

A – appreciate each other in generous doses

S – surprise your partner with thoughtful gestures

S – share parts of your day and your inner world

I – intimacy – emotional intimacy and sexual intimacy work together

O- oxytocin, the attachment hormone, gets activated by cuddling and tender touch

N – nourish your partner’s heart, soul, and mind.