Your Relationship is in Trouble: Has Your Partner Changed or Just Your View...
The title of a great and popular old Off-Broadway play captures one of the most common sentiments I’ve seen when working with distressed couples: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. If you have...
View ArticleWhen Your Relationship is Rocky, Look Right at Your Expectations
One of the best ways to think of a relationship on the rocks is to reflect on your expectations for your relationship. What are they? What is it that you really want from your partner? What could your...
View ArticleOpposites Attract, But They May Not Last, Unless…
Most couples can name several ways in which they’re opposites: neatness versus sloppiness; extroversion versus introversion; being high-strung versus laid-back preferring city versus country living,...
View ArticleThe Sandwich Generation: When You Are Parenting your Children and Aging...
In my recent article, I discussed some of the common myths that often hold parents back from doing what it takes to help their adult children to launch into independence. Some parents who are still...
View ArticleThree Mistakes “Helicopter Parents” Make That Prevent Their Children from...
The term “helicopter parent” is a relatively new one in our culture, but the practice is quite prevalent. When a child leaves home (for college, for instance, or even overnight camp) the helicopter...
View ArticleWhen Jealousy Visits Your Relationship
Practically everyone whose been in a serious romantic relationship with all of the deliciously intense and passionate feelings that go with it, have at one time or another experienced jealousy, which...
View ArticleCustomizing your Relationship
One key to avoiding the doldrums in your long-term relationship is to honor its uniqueness. The best relationships are custom jobs, which take the distinctive traits, needs, concerns and idiosyncrasies...
View ArticleGive the Rules That Govern Your Relationship a Makeover
Most relationships have a set of “built in” rules. These rules define your relationship “default position,” such as what can and cannot take place between you and your partner (and others in your...
View ArticleLoneliness is Merely an Attitude You Can Abolish Today!
Nobody—whether single, in a long-term committed relationship or anything in between—is completely immune from that often-painful feeling of loneliness. That is, however, until you can see it for what...
View Article3 Essential Guidelines for Better Communication With Your Partner
Before that loving Valentine’s Day momentum fades away, think of this season as a great time to focus on effective communication with your partner. So regardless of what else is going on between the...
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