One of the things that works to keep relationships alive is spending quality time with each other. In this day of the information age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to carve out the necessary time to nurture our relationships. What with long work hours, helping kids with their homework, transporting them around to their extracurricular […]
One of the things that works to keep relationships alive is spending quality time with each other. In this day of the information age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to carve out the necessary time to nurture our relationships. What with long work hours, helping kids with their homework, transporting them around to their extracurricular […]
Today, I am going to finish up the second half of the men’s Top Ten List of what NOT to do in Relationships: 6. Yell at your partner as if you were her father. 7. Take every word she says literally. Women, when upset, tend to speak in absolutes, such as “You NEVER listen to […]
Most of us who have been intimately involved with someone beyond the infatuation stage know that relationships are like a roller coaster ride. When things are good, they are very, very good. When things are bad, they are very, very bad. As a relationship coach, I have developed Top 10 Lists—one for men and one […]
Fighting with or attempting to control through restriction or other means is usually ineffective and it costs you, your child and your relationship. In a previous post, I spoke of the child who wants more computer time and the mother who is attempting to keep her daughter safe and healthy. Neither of them was wrong—whose […]
If you are unhappy in your relationship, it is up to YOU to do something about it. If you are waiting for your significant other to change in order for you to be more loving or appreciative, then I will wager that your relationship will most likely stay exactly the way it is or possibly […]
Today is Valentine’s Day and if you are in a happy relationship, congratulations. For the rest of you, I encourage to make the most of this day designated for lovers. After my husband died in 1999, this was the worst holiday for me! I could get through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s but by the […]
There are three ways we can approach our children. We can do things to them. We can do things for them and we can do things with them. Can you already guess which is the one I will advocate? You’re right. We need to do more things with our children in a cooperative and connecting […]
Have you ever noticed that everything is a battle with your child? If it is, then one of three things is happening. Your child, you or both are in a competitive need cycle. What is a competitive need cycle? As humans, we are all born with five basic needs that we are genetically programmed to […]
Q: I made a terrible mistake and ended a relationship with someone with someone I truly love. I have told her how I feel and that I want her back. She says she is not interested. She has a new boyfriend now. I don’t know what to do. I really don’t know if I can […]
