It’s been a year since Connie’s husband Todd had ended an emotional affair with a co-worker but she hadn’t been able to let go of the pain and betrayal. She knew she needed to get her suspicions in check every time he went to work …
One of the tricks to getting past the same arguments is to understand that if you’re repeating the same old arguments, you’re simply stuck in a loop of thinking and you’re not willing to consider another possibility for this situation. Sometimes the thing that you’re …
Why don’t we get along with our spouse, parents, kids or other important people in our lives as much as we’d like? The reality in the lives of far too many people is that their relationships with those closest to them are too strained, difficult, …
Connected For Good: 3 Ways to Get Along Better With Those You Love Read More »
One of the tricks to healing the divide in any relationship lies in your willingness to see the other person as “different” instead of the enemy and someone (or some thing) to fight against. The desire to be right, to make someone else wrong and …
Joan and her husband Paul were caught in a dangerous, toxic relationship loop and couldn’t get out of it. Paul had spent a great deal of money without telling Joan and it wasn’t the first time. Over the years, she had become anxious about their …
A “toxic relationship” can simply mean one that is harmful to one or both people in it but what’s “harmful” can be so subjective and can change from moment to moment. One of the tricks to knowing if you are in a toxic relationship or …
Have you ever been triggered by something that, in reality is no big deal or not even real? We mean triggered, really bothered and upset by something that in the grand scheme of this thing called your life is not important at all…BUT…when you think …
How to Handle Upsets, Triggers and Tricky Situations (with love and grace) Read More »
One of the tricks to using the right words with the people in your life is coming from a space of love instead of fear. Okay, so what does that mean and how do you do it? People often use their words unconsciously to argue …
When you feel like your partner doesn’t see you as an equal, especially when it comes to money, it can be a huge wedge that separates the two of you. Here’s a question from a reader and our response… “My husband doesn’t see me as …
Are you blind to the barriers to love that you put up? Most of us are at various times in our lives and here’s what’s interesting about this… Sometimes it’s easy to see the barriers and sometimes not so much. Take for instance the times …
