August 2018 Blog Posts (10)

Growing and developing as a couple is no easy feat. It requires intention, consciousness, commitment, dedication, and effort. Being in tune with signs that change is needed is a good way of promoting growth for the couple.

Signs that indicate room for growth and development include one or both partners feeling restless, edgy…

One version of couples struggling that I come across are couples with partners that are codependent. These are the couples that are stuck in patterns that they can’t seem to break, they have a lot of fighting and drama or complete disconnect (conflict avoiding), they feel they are behind their peers in terms of professional and relational achievements, and…

Do you find that your interactions with your partner include some of the following?

• Poor or no eye-contact
• Giving of the back or talking to the back
• Talking to the air
• Not responding, acknowledging or answering…

One of the love languages is Words of Affirmation (book referenced above).Words of affirmation come in many forms including praise, acknowledgement, credit, recognition, validation, compliments, and appreciation. Each of these are a gift in and of themselves. When you use these, you show your partner that you notice and see them, appreciate them, like…

Usually we have good intentions and mean to invest in our relationship.Somehow this fizzles from the moment we have that thought or attitude to the next moment… We are very fickle in our thinking about the status and course of our relationship. One moment we are partners for life, the next we can’t wait to get rid of our partner… I see this day in and day…

Our relationship and life are a reflection of the choices we make… I find that we make poor choices at almost every turn and then wonder how come our relationship and life are not as we’d prefer them to be… I find that we do not own our Self and our life, that we do not know who we are and what we are meant to do… I find that we do not take the time to…

When we are babies we learn to get our needs met by alerting our parents of a poopie diaper, hungry belly, or an ouchie with our crying. As adults, we continue to try to get our needs met with our “crying”.  Our crying has become more sophisticated over time and now takes the form of criticism, nagging, put downs, and…

A key ingredient in a satisfying relationship is Understanding. When we don’t feel understood we are out of sinc with one another and our needs can’t be met.

Understanding validates our existence, is respectful and mindful. It is amazing that most people do not have this necessary ingredient in their…

Choosing Friends is an important role toward your college experience and future. According to the dictionary, a friend is ''a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.’’

The people you choose to spend most of your…

What makes up for a remarkable monetary essay? whilst you look at economics in university and get a venture of writing an essay to your predominant, you're anticipated to present a clean argument and substantiate it with stable evidence which you reference well. if you want to get a high-quality grade on your monetary essay, you may first ought to conduct radical studies, formulate the primary thesis of your essay, and prepare a detailed outline that you'll comply with during your paintings…