Taboo Topics in Your Relationship or Marriage You tell each other everything, right? Pause. Are there things you don’t tell each other? Are there taboo topics in your relationship or marriage? If you’re telling each other everything, it puts you in good stead for a relationship where you are each others’ top priority, even with[…]
Corporate Wellness and Couples I’m starting to see a lot in the news about corporate wellness, and that companies are and will be investing in corporate wellness programs. But what about corporate wellness and couples? Rand Data According to the Rand Corporation, each dollar invested in disease management services is expected to return $3.80 in[…]
My Son Turned 20 My son turned 20. I’m so proud of him. He’s thoughtful and kind, and has a great group of longtime friends that he listens to and supports. He treats his girlfriend and her family well. He’s in college and going to culinary school. As a parent, these are all reasons to[…]
Infertility and Miscarriage Some couples have a tremendously hard time having children. And after many tries and losses, certain couples can benefit from infertility and miscarriage couples counseling. It seems that some women can get pregnant so easily (maybe even when they didn’t want to be), and sail through the months, and have a nice,[…]
When Under Stress, Do you Fight, Flight, or Freeze? While we are human beings capable of thinking, many of our stress reactions do not come from our thinking, or cortical, brain. They come from our limbic, or emotional, brain. Why We Exist We still exist as a species because of this ability to react. Threat[…]
Married People Seeking Affairs In a story revealed by Wired, hackers accessed the files of about 32 million users of the site AshleyMadison.com. According to Ashley Madison, their website “is the most famous name in infidelity and married dating, with the tagline “Life is short, have an affair.” Wired reports that, “The files appear to[…]
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Follow-up to a Love Script Earlier I posted A Love Script, A Dyadic Encounter: Arthur Aron’s 36 questions to answer with another person in order to fall in love. On my February vacation, I asked my husband if he would be willing to go through the questions with me, both to write about here, and[…]
What Is the Biggest Cause of Strife in a Relationship? This is the question that both men and women have been asking me recently. The topic is big enough to warrant a book, yet I will tackle it in short form. My hope is that this will give you several things to think about as[…]
Marriage Interview 5: My Spouse is Not a Mind Reader Thelma and Henry met at a dinner held by friends of theirs. They began dating and were married within the year. That was 50 years ago! Anger and Learning One of the biggest problems they have had is that anger is very scary to Henry.[…]