August 10, 2010 – 10:01 pm
There are two ways of doing life: a) Living life as it happens, in a naive way, adapting yourself to what life dishes out to you ( as the facts of family of origin; level of poverty/wealth; educational possibilities; personal health, etc), being resigned to your circumstances and seeing yourself incapable of changing anything. b) [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged anger, appreciation, conflict, confrontation, critique, Emotional Abuse, forgiveness, healthy relationships, passive aggression, recognition, Relationships, respect, Self-Esteem
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In old days, perhaps it was the natural marriage relationship style, the one we saw in our parents’ relationship: the dominating husband, and the sweet subservient wife. It was the norm, and people took that as the logic, expected way to be in a marriage. It had a dirty secret….if the wife would have different [...]
There is a lot of talk about emotional health now. For the body-based emotional health system, there are no “negative” or “positive” emotions. Then, emotional health is the ability to feel and express all emotions, without repression. All are legitimate reactions of a person to the environmental (external and internal) stimulus. It doesn’t mean that [...]
How love makes us feel, deep in our brain, is what matters… Brain scan studies have shown that early romantic love generates a unique pattern of brain activity. How do we know this? Well, to study love on the brain, researches put men and women in brain scan machines and show them pictures of their [...]
We all have deep needs, which move us to search for satisfaction. We crave security, excitement, love and connection and recognition. How do we go about finding solutions? It has multiple ways, some of them not so fulfilling as others. And sometimes, due to our upbringing, we understand “love” and “connection” and “appreciation” in way [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged angry husband, appreciation, attitude change, emotions, feelings, healthy relationships, loneliness, love, negative emotions, recognition, Relationships, respect, understanding
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