Relationship Advice

Leona felt like she was a failure at friendships, as well as love, because she’d had so many relationships that had ended badly. She’d been estranged from her son for many years, long-time friends left abruptly without any explanation and lovers disappeared in one way […]

I thought “Neighbor Steve” would be dead 9 months or a year ago but he’s not. Neighbor Steve has cancer bad, has had multiple body parts removed, is in and out of the hospital on a regular basis and still… he keeps going. A few

What are you most looking forward to when whatever you’re going through right now is finally over and your life gets back to normal? Seriously? What will be the thing you most want to do or have happen that doesn’t seem possible right now? You

“I’m absolutely sick of it,” Jenny said. “I give and I give and I give and I never get anything in return! Why do people always seem to take advantage of me just because I’m a nice person and I really care about other people?”

One of the ways to make sure low self esteem doesn’t hijack your relationship is to know that self esteem is made up and we’re the ones who make it up! Our self esteem is torn down by critical self-talk and even how we perceive

“You’re better looking than you were in high school!” When Paul, the most popular boy in our high school class, said this at my 60th class reunion recently, I wasn’t sure if it was a slam or a compliment. So I had to ask myself

There was a time I quit on a relationship. In some ways it was the ugliest part of my life. It was also a doorway to the most amazing life I could have ever imagined. Most people quit on a marriage, on a relationship… And

We all go through “off” times that can seep into our relationships, especially an intimate one. You might be facing some tough dynamics at your workplace or other parts of your life that you can’t let go of. Whatever the case might be, these “bad

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,

One of the biggest barriers to more love and possibilities in our lives is how much, how often and how deeply we “numb out” when life and our relationships overwhelm us and get to be too much. Most people don’t realize it but we ALL