10 Reasons Why People Cheat
After counseling couples for several years, I have discovered a variety of reasons why people are unfaithful and engage in emotional or physical affairs. Some reasons are for personal reasons, independent of the monogamous relationship, and other reasons are relational, which are associated with problems and issues related to the couple. Infidelity can be an [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )4 Tips To Being Assertive and Skillful In Your Relationships
There are various strategies to getting your needs met in your personal and professional life. For example, you can either be aggressive, actively passive, passive aggressive or assertive; however, aggressiveness is about intimidation, active passivity is about learned helplessness and passive aggressiveness is an indirect strategy that uses hints or manipulation tactics to make a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )5 Tips to Getting Out of the Relationship Rutt
Do you feel like you and your partner have gotten into the same old pattern? Do your daily interactions lack variety and flavor? It is often said that couples who play together stay together. And sharing common interests with your partner is a great way to keep you engaged and entertained in your relationship. These [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How Generous Are You In Your Relationship?
After reading an article in the NY Times that suggests that generosity is one of the main factors in a happy marriage, I was inspired to write this blog. Researchers from the University of Virginia’s Marriage Project studied the role of generosity in marriages of 2,870 men and women. Typically in relationships there are the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Managing Stress in Relationships
Often times life can be stressful especially when we are having unresolved issues with our significant other or are dealing with challenging parenting issues. There is a zone of tolerance that each of us have and when we cross the threshold of that zone we enter into a heightened level of stress become overwhelmed, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Observing Yourself
Observing yourself is a helpful tool on your journey through life. When you get stuck in a pattern, a thought, a relationship or at work and you don’t know how to get unstuck, watch yourself. If you find yourself reacting or feeling hopeless as thought things are never going to change or shift look at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Envisioning your Ideal Relationship and Life
A vision is a picture from your soul and heart that guides you down the path in life and in love that you most desire. The more clear and concise we are the more attuned we are with what we want, feel and see ourselves doing in our relationships, careers and life circumstances, the more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Patience with your Partner
Often times patience can run thin if you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed. The tension of everyday tasks, personal expectations and demands can be compounded when there is additional pressure or tension in your relationship with your significant other. In a relationship there are growing pains where each partner is adapting and growing accustomed to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Transforming Relationships
Many couples get stuck in the same communication patterns in their relationship and are either not aware or caught up in their own frustrations and pain that they are not open to hearing, understanding, or experiencing their partner in a new way. Often times we protect the vulnerable places in our heart and only show [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Conscious Loving
What blocks us from feeling and experiencing the full amount of our success in love, in our finances and in our career? According to Gay Hendricks, author and relationship specialist, we have an upper limit problem based on old programming. The upper limit problem is rooted in 4 main fears. 1) Fear that if we [...]
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