• When Communication Fails, Trust and Love Are Tested

    When communication breaks down, so does trust. When someone you’ve been close to shuts down or completely breaks off communication, it is tempting to decide you no longer care about them and that they are unworthy of your trust and love. Then, unexpectedly, they will do or say something that opens you up to re-engage…

  • Are You a True Friend or Unknowingly Self-Centered?

    Are You A Good Friend Or Do You Unconsciously Use People To Get Your Needs Met? Without Malicious Intent, Many People Call Themselves A Good Friend While Their Friends Needs Are Ignored And Feelings Are Hurt. The first thing to consider before trying to establish a friendship is how you are feeling about yourself and…

  • Stop Letting COVID Fear Hold You Back—Reclaim Your Life

    COVID isn’t gone, however, it’s time to stop isolating and avoiding your life. We have learned how to protect ourselves, and it’s time to resume or reinvent your life. It’s time to shake off the COVID fear and stop using the pandemic to hide. In March of 2020, our world as we knew it was…

  • Why Individuality Is Crucial for a Happy Marriage

        Being married should not deny one the right to certain privacies or aspects of their individuality. Anyone who gives in to the ‘we are one’ narrative will not be happy in their marriage. Anyone demanding a ‘oneness enmeshment’ relationship is insecure, controlling, and will ultimately be rejected or abandoned. Modern marriage is healthier…

  • Can You Be Friends with an Ex? Benefits and Challenges

    Becoming friends with an ex-lover is possible for some, but not for all couples. Deciding how much time is needed to heal from a break-up, what the benefits are to creating a friendship, and assessing the possible downsides are important issues to consider. If a relationship starts out as a friendship before becoming  romantic, the…

  • How Breaking Up Can Boost Self-Esteem and Personal Growth

    Breaking up a relationship that is destined to fail can raise self-esteem, clarify authentic goals, and promote personal growth. A break-up can create lasting emotional growth and personal insight. The strength to let go makes it possible to discover the truth about what you want and what you don’t want. The first line of the…

  • Why Effective Listening and Speaking Are Crucial in Relationships

    Effective listening and effective speaking are equally important in all forms of relationships. Hearing words being spoken does not indicate an understanding of the meaning, emotion, and intention of what is being communicated. If how communication is delivered is faulty, accurate listening is diminished. “I heard what you said” is a typical response by people…

  • Why Controlling Behavior Ruins Relationships

    Putting your spouse or lover on a ‘short leash’ will ruin your relationship. Why do people need to assert this level of control over their partner, and why do partners put up with it? In happy, healthy relationships people feel loved when they can be who they are, retain appropriate personal freedom, say ” NO”…

  • Why Financial Betrayals Hurt More Than Sexual Ones

      Financial betrayals may be more difficult for married couples to recover from than sexual betrayals. How or “if” someone recovers from any kind of betrayal depends a lot on one’s personality, prior experience with trauma, abandonment, or abuse, level of their self-esteem, and how much in love and happy they were with their partner…

  • Breaking Up or Compromising: Can Love Be Saved?

    Breaking Up With Someone You Love Is Painful. What Reasons Justify Doing It? Or Are There Ways Of Keeping A Love Connection By Making Compromises Or Deciding On Non- Traditional Scenarios. Romantic love is a powerful, intoxicating, exciting feeling of being deeply connected to someone physically and emotionally. Being in love makes your mind and…