Every day, you want to make your partner feel like you're there for them. Whether you've been married for thirty years or three months, for many people there comes a time when their marriage is not as blissful as when it started. Often it looks like this: the honeymoon ends, [...]
Our emotions are a result of our interpretations of a situation, not the situation itself. Jack and Betty come to their second couples counseling session obviously tense. "So what happened?" I ask. Jack sighs and Betty says, "You were so mean to me last night! You were angry and raised [...]
Make your relationship more important than the issue. What’s the most common reason partners struggle in their relationship? If you’re like most couples, it’s the lack of communication skills. Whether you’re arguing over chores or fighting about finances, the ways you and your partner talk (and listen) to each [...]
Most people think about being engaged and getting married as a happy time, a time in which they finally get to settle down and be secure that they have found someone to love them. And in many ways it is, but there are aspects of the engagement stage [...]
Love. Countless poems, novels, films and songs have been dedicated to celebrating and exploring the mystery of this experience. Almost from birth we are bombarded with messages about what love and relationship should be, messages that are often inaccurate and unhelpful. In his book ACT with Love, Russ Harris discusses four [...]