How to Train Your Brain to Combat Communication Issues in Your Marriage
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There’s something counter-intuitive about a healthy marriage…
There’s something counter-intuitive about a healthy marriage… we have to get healthy and make the changes FOR OURSELVES, not for our spouses. I know how weird that sounds, yet hear me out and it will make sense. When we make…
Teach Your Friends This Language
What a treat! My close friend, podcast partner, and Bootcamp co-facilitator (Rebecca Wong) hosts her own podcast at Connectfulness.com. A couple of weeks ago, she interviewed me for it. It wasn’t really an “interview,” so much as the two of…
The three core “tenants” of Relational Life Therapy
I believe there are three core “tenants” of Relational Life Therapy. Everything else we discuss are skills that are used to work towards these tenants. The tenants are the following, in no particular order: *Living a Non-Violent Life: this means…
How to Fix a Broken Marriage Without Counseling
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What do Monster Truck Tires have to do with an Anniversary Dinner?
Cheesy as it sounds, there is such inner peace when you have healthy self esteem and healthy boundaries, and that peace leads to healthy and easy decision-making. Last week was our 15th wedding anniversary and we were deciding what to…
A Funny Story About Time Outs
Funny story about timeouts. . . Last weekend I needed my husband to sign the back of a check so I could deposit it through my phone. We both needed to sign it and my full legal name is rather long.…
The 3 Things We Are Looking For in Our Partner
We are all really looking for three things in our partner: I know these sound extreme and simplistic. I also know it is true: these are the things we are all looking for deep down, if we allow ourselves to…
Practice makes perfect…
Let’s talk in cliché’s for a moment: Easier said than done. Practice makes perfect. When teaching new skills to my clients, new ways of thinking, and/or new behaviors, I often hear “Well, that’s easier said than done.” No, it’s not.…
Curiosity instead of Defensiveness
Meet your partner with curiosity instead of defensiveness. Can you do this? Do you do it often? I’ve said before there are 3 Core Tenants to Living Relationally: (there’s another post in here with that exact title) While I still…