Nothing can be more irritating than when your partner won’t listen to you and starts trying to “fix” you in the process–and you want him or her to change. **Question from a reader… “My fiance has been through personal development work and so understands the […]
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Okay, we’ve all said the “wrong” thing with certain people. If you’re like us, at the time you found out it was the wrong thing… Either because of their reaction or because you were later told it was wrong to say what you did… You
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Sally dissolved in tears when Tom, her husband of 10 years, stormed out after a heated discussion about their finances. They had a modest amount in their savings account and Sally wanted to spend it on a cruise this summer because she felt frustrated, discouraged
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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
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Otto’s son was in a bad way. He’d wanted a different job for awhile but nothing seemed to be working out for him. In his current job, he’d been making little more than minimum wage and because they hadn’t replaced people who’d been let go…
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Otto’s ex-wife was blindsided so hard she didn’t know what hit her the day he told her he was leaving. Good, bad, right, wrong… Otto made the decision to leave his first wife completely by himself. Otto’s ex had no idea what was happening, what
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Marjorie was tired and felt beaten down because of what had slammed into her this past week. Her little sister, who she’d practically raised from an early age, had just gotten out of rehab a couple of weeks ago… Was arrested for driving drunk–again–and this
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Rita was tired of holding so much back but she didn’t know how to communicate better with her husband and tell him what was wrong. When she did express her opinion, they often fought with him getting angry and her retreating back into her shell.
An Introvert, Opinionated but Wants to Communicate Better… Read More »
A deeper emotional connection can be built with those you love. Here are 3 ways to begin…
Emotional Connection: How to Build it and How to Keep It Read More »
If you feel like you give more than you receive in your relationship, read about what Shirley discovered. Shirley felt like she was always the one to go to Pete’s town which was 30 miles away for weekend visits. She was tired of leaving her
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