People-Pleasing: What’s So Wrong With It?
People-pleasing is often so unconscious that we don’t know we’re damaging our relationships. Here’s why it’s important to recognize and stop it…
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Standing Up for Yourself and Communicating Your Needs Without Being Needy or Bossy
Annette was stuck. She felt like she’d been a pushover all her life in her family growing up and now it was the same with her new husband. In the past, when she’d tried to stand up for herself, she felt like she either came
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The Gift of Being Uncomfortable
The other day, I was in a book discussion group, talking about the well-researched book The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee when I got really triggered. I became very uncomfortable when every comment I seemed to make in the discussion was “wrong” according to
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Finding the Loving Space When You’re Going in Different Directions
Brett and Sally had been married for 20 years and lately they seemed to be going in different directions without knowing how to fix it. He was spending more time at work, with his buddies and taking care of his parents than he did with
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Getting Rid of the “Shoulds” That Sabotage Love and Life
Monica silently ground her teeth as she once again tried to please everyone in her family and believe that inner voice that shamed her if she didn’t. Her thoughts ran something like this… “I should take dinner to my mom because she’s lonely.” “I should
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Respect: 3 Ways to Have More of It In Your Life
Respect or lack of respect is one of the biggest relationship complaints. Here are 3 ways to have more of it in your life and relationships…
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Finding Love and a New Beginning in Every Moment
Every time Suzanne thought about her sister, all the anger and resentment she’d felt over the years came to the surface. She’d been hurt over and over and could barely tolerate being in the same room with her. Suzanne knew that it wasn’t healthy for
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5 Bad Marriage Causes and What You Can Do About It
In this video, we share 5 bad marriage causes and what to do to create the relationship of your dreams. While these certainly aren’t the only reasons for a bad relationship or marriage–these are 5 of the biggest, most overlooked and most common. If you
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Relationship Peace and How It Can Happen For You…
Corinne, a recent coaching client, couldn’t seem to find any relationship peace with her husband Gerald. In fact, she had been having a great deal of difficulty finding peace not just in her marriage but in most of the relationships in her life. She was
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Celebrate More!
Here’s a new possibility for love… Open to expanding your definition of celebration to include more than the usual anniversaries and standard holidays. Open to seeing that a celebration can be broader than giving a gift or going to a restaurant for dinner. A celebration