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…
Building Relationship Trust
How to Stop Blame and Criticism When Your Relationship’s At Stake…
Have you or your partner ever used these phrases and then expected the other person to talk about a subject… “You should have. . .” “You could have . . .” “Why didn’t you . . .” “You never (or always)…” and “If only you’d …
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Bad Behavior in Relationships–How Much Should You Put Up With?
Bad behavior can of course mean something different for each one of us. And you can experience it from family members, co-workers, friendships or the person behind you in line at the grocery store. It can mean: –Consistently putting dirty dishes in the sink instead …
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Blaming and Judging in Relationships: Get Past it This Way
While we all know that blaming and judging isn’t healthy for relationships, we all do it. When someone doesn’t act the way we think they should or do what we want them to do… We blame and judge–either saying it out loud or in our …
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Dealing with a Critical Partner and the “Criticism Dance”
Dealing with a critical partner and your particular “Criticism Dance” can be a challenge. Here are some general truths about the critical partner…
What to Do When You Think Your Partner is a Bully
Connie was fed up with her live-in boyfriend Paul trying to take over her life. She felt intimidated by his intellect and bullied by his “logical” opinions for why something should or shouldn’t be done. She seemed to freeze in what became arguments, not able …
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How to Truly Forgive
The question of how to truly forgive is usually where someone lands who has been deeply hurt but wants to repair the relationship and move on–but doesn’t know how. Forgiveness is tricky because of all the emotions swirling around that can range from hurt, anger, …
3 Ways to Forgive When It’s Hard to Do It
“I’m still resentful that Don was such a workaholic for so many years, especially when the kids were little!” Carla told us bluntly during one of our coaching conversations with her. Among other things, Carla had been telling us that her 35 year marriage was …
Ulterior Motives That Can Increase Love
I was in the Costco parking lot with my trunk lid popped open, putting in the bags of cereal that I’m addicted to, along with a few other items… When a very nice lady offered to take my shopping cart back to the store for …
4 Ways to Make Boundaries Stick
Claudia was livid. When she discovered her husband hadn’t paid some bills that he said he’d paid, she was so angry she could spit nails. This wasn’t the first time this had happened during their years together and she worried that it wouldn’t be the …