If you want to understand your partner, you have to listen to their life stories, where they came from, their life experiences. You can't be selfish. You've got to realize the other person has needs just as important and as valuable as mine.

These are the stuff of life. There are all kinds of external things that go on that stresses a marriage. ... The most important thing to understand is that relationships go through stages. Couples need to understand that.

People begin to feel more distant and disconnected, and often times, they begin to feel unsafe. We have everything intact to be healthy in our relationships. If it's not taught or nurtured, it goes dormant. Part of us becomes lost.

Every part of this is part of Barb's life. This is who she is.

I never even heard of him or met him in my life. But when I got downstairs, he said, 'I've been waiting for you.' He walked up to me and I took his picture. I pointed at him and told him that he had to leave. But then he came up to my nose and shoved me, so I shoved him back.

We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it.