relationship and family
How Strong Is Your Relationship Foundation?
Posted: April 04, 2014 by [email protected]
When it comes to building a relationship that will last a lifetime it is important to know you’re on the right track. So many couples ask me if they will make it long term.
Tags: mood and feelings, relationship and family
Read MoreThe Marriage Hack
Posted: April 02, 2014 by [email protected]
One truth for most long-term couples, is that satisfaction declines over time. Keeping interest, desire, and overall satisfaction alive in a relationship takes work. Couples typically become less and less happy with their relationships the longer they’ve been together. And a large part of my work is helping them rediscover that happiness. Recently, a group of scientists developed an intervention called “The Marriage Hack”, utilizing a specific technique they call emotional reappraisal that has had profound impact on my work with marital satisfaction.
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Read MoreThe Conditions of Love
Posted: February 18, 2014 by Nani Waddoups
For most of us, the Valentine’s Day, Hallmark, fairytale influences of our culture have imprinted an aspirational “happily ever after” quality on our notion of love. But how we love ourselves and how we love others is influenced by the conditions of our childhoods and of the present.
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Read More6 Things You Should Consider Before Cheating on Your Partner to Save Your Relationship.
Posted: February 02, 2014 by Jeff Guenther
So you’re thinking about cheating on your partner? Maybe the honeymoon is over. Maybe you don’t have as much sex. Maybe you’ve been married for a while and it’s not as hot as you thought it would be. Maybe you met someone who is totally the opposite of your current partner and now you are questioning everything because you’re attracted to them. Maybe you’re just bored. There are tons of reasons for wanting to cheat and none of them are that original. I’ve heard them all.
Tags: mood and feelings, relationship and family, life transition, addiction and behavior
Read MoreGrief: How to be there for your partner
Posted: November 26, 2013 by Jeff Guenther
Everyone deals with loss in a different way. Sometimes you go through the classic five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. But often we don’t go through all the stages in a linear fashion and sometimes we don’t go through some of the stages at all.
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