The Worst Person to Lie To
I’ve been a champion liar my whole life and the person I’ve lied the most to has been ME. If you know me at all, you might think of me as someone who is full of integrity and honesty. The truth is I’ve lied to …
Building Relationship Trust
4 Ways to Deal with Resentment
As Carly sat at the kitchen table staring at her husband Frank with resentment, she wondered how things would ever be right in their marriage again. It had been years since she felt important to Frank because he was either focused on his phone watching …
A Way to Take The Struggle Out of 3 Relationship Challenges
Since our new book BIG FAT LOVE; The Book of Possibilities came out this week, we wanted to highlight a few ideas from it about how you can take the struggle out of your challenges. Here are 3 common relationship problems and how allowing more …
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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…
3 Ways to Break Free From a Toxic Relationship
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 …
Your Partner is Not the Enemy By Otto
I couldn’t help overhearing the conversation in the table next to mine when the man very sharply said to his wife, “Stop it. Just stop it” as she asked him questions about the food items on the menu. The restaurant where I was when the …
How to Let Go of Guilt
When you’re drowning in guilt, there doesn’t seem to be any right answer for how to move forward. At least that’s what Jane (not her real name) thought when she was struggling about whether to tell her boyfriend of 7 years about her secret desire …
How You Can Agree to Disagree with Love Instead of Conflict and Resentment
We don’t know about you but we’ve noticed there are a lot of global issues that have instilled so much fear that are pitting one person against another. We’ve also seen individual personal issues that create deep divisions where it seems like there’s no solution. …
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Forgiveness and Letting Go of Resentments
Most of us intellectually know that forgiveness is a good thing–that it’s good to not hold onto resentment, pain and hurt from the past. But when it comes to actually “doing” forgiveness and letting go of resentments, we often choose to hold onto the hurt. …
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 …