Relationships

People setting boundaries during a conversation

How to Set Awkward Boundaries: “No” is a Complete Sentence!

It may sometimes be awkward to set healthy boundaries with negative or draining people, but it is an important skill to learn. If someone has unrealistic expectations of you or unable to...

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Aug01

Couple on a bench - Jealousy in relationship

Is Jealousy Destroying Your Relationships?

Do you ever find yourself envious of another’s good fortune? Are you jealous of your partner’s ex-lover? A colleague who’s getting more recognition than you? Do you often feel you don’t measure up or...

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Mar10

Woman loving life while listening to music

Mastering the Art of Appreciation

An excerpt from Loving Out Loud by Robyn Spizman. While it can be easy to feel like it is impossible to make a positive difference in these divisive times, the new book Loving Out Loud: The Power of...

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Jan03

Money, Friends and Health

Tom Ferguson, M.D. interviews Michael Phillips about his change from thinking money would help him get freedom, respect, health and security to understanding that these came from doing the things he...

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Aug26

The Roots of Human Aggression: Healing the Wounds that Drive Us to War

Daniel Redwood, D.C. interviews Andrew Bard Schmookler about the roots of human aggression and warfare, as well as the reasons that wealth rarely brings its possessors what they thought it would.

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Aug26

The Western World View: Past, Present and Future

Russell E. DiCarlo interviews Richard Tarnas about explains his view that what a whole culture goes through in some way reflects what each individual goes through. We, as individuals, have a...

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Aug26

Apr27

The Three Kinds of Sex

Dr. Sue Johnson

Sex often draws us into a relationship and then helps keep it alive. But what is "good" sex? If you look at the images that bombard us every day from magazines and movies, good sex is instantaneous, totally mutual, cataclysmic, and is best at the...

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Apr26

Ten Tips for a Strong Vibrant Relationship

Dr. Sue Johnson

So love is illogical, random and mysterious, yes? Not any more. We have cracked the code. In the last few years social scientists and therapists who practice emotionally focused therapy (or EFT) have made a breakthrough. Now, at the beginning of the...

Nov07

Become Curious about the ‘Other’ in Your Life

Harville Hendrix PhD

Ask your partner, "What was it like to be a child in your family?" Then just listen, following the three steps of the dialogue process we discussed in the second article in this series. Asking this question is a good first step in becoming curious...

Nov07

Stop Abusing Your Partner with Negativity

Harville Hendrix PhD

During the time our marriage teetered between renewal and divorce, my wife, Helen, and I were visiting a book store when we happened on a book about how astrology affects relationships. Just for fun, we opened to the page where our two astrological...

Sep12

The Way We Talk and the Way We Listen Changes Everything

Harville Hendrix PhD

Do you know that if you fully listen to your partner, I mean listen without judgment or filters, you will discover another person you never knew? And if you are listened to in the same way, you will overcome fear and find a part of yourself you have...

Sep12

Your Partner Is Not You!

Harville Hendrix PhD

If you are still waiting and wishing that your partner will just see the light and behave the way you think he or she should, then you are living a fantasy. Most of us live with a figment of our imagination rather than the real flesh and blood...