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Negotiating Quality Time Together and Apart
One of the harder things for couples to negotiate is how much quality time to spend with each and how much time to spend apart. This is especially true when one partner’s highest need is for love & belonging and the other person’s highest need is for freedom.
4 1/2 Ways to Change a Habit
There are 4 1/2 ways to change a habit. Learn what they are and apply one or more to the changes you are trying to make in 2012.
Integrity with Self
Welcome 2012! Did you enter the New Year with hopes and dreams about accomplishing goals you didn’t realize last year? Do you know what you want to accomplish in 2012? Do you have the knowledge and skills necesarry to do so? Have you written down your goals? What is your history? Will you accomplish your goals or will you lose steam somewhere around the time the Super Bowl is broadcast? Learn five steps to increase your success.
Appreciation for Military Families
Today I spent the day with military families welcoming soldiers back after a deployment to Iraq. Can you imagine what it would be like to have your husband or wife leave for approximately nine months to a year? You get to talk by Skype but you don’t see each other. Then he or she comes home and you are trying to put your relaitonship back to some semblance of normal.
Kirstie Alley Dating “Ugly” Men Now
Some of you may have heard Kirstie Alley on Ellen talking about how she is going to start dating “ugly men” this year. She said she always went for the players and attractive guys but has had two divorces so this year she is going to date ugly men. Kirstie is making a common relationship mistake. When relationships don’t work out over and over again, we tend to look at the people we are choosing to find the commonality to determine, “What’s wrong with them?” It is much more painful, albiet productive, to take a look in the mirror and ask the question, “Why do I keep repeating this same pattern in my relationships?” It’s rarely about the other person, and almost always about ourselves.
From First Kiss to Lasting Bliss
I thoroughly enjoyed reading From First Kiss to lasting Bliss. The author took the time to interview and truly capture the essence of twelve couples who have all overcome serious obstacles to their relationship. In each chapter, Lowe shares the story of a couple whose marriage was severely tested, and ultimately strengthened, by going through their challenges.
Attitude Changes Everything
“Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”–William James
Relationships A – Z (Part Two)
This post continues my list of Relationships A – Z from J to Q. Enjoy the read but more importantly, put these ideas into practice in your relationship if you aren’t already.
Relationship ABCs
When you are in a relationship you value, it is important to subscribe to the ABCs of Relationships, mind your P & Qs and everything else from A to Z.