Tag Archives: reconciliation

December is The National Relationships Repair Month

December 2, 2011 – 1:10 pm

We wanted to challenge the “End of the Year Blues”, as we realized how many issues are still without resolution when it comes to important relationships…

By alfaprima | Posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationship Repair, Relationships, Self-Esteem | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Love, relationships and conflict

June 21, 2011 – 7:58 pm

At the heart of the human experience is the need to feel loved, and to feel love for others. This connection in its multiple forms goes to the heart of our own identity. What kind of relationships? Better them to be healthy and meaningful, we wish….But in all cases, we tend to reenact the primal [...]

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10 Rules for Friendly Fighting for Couples (Guest Post)

April 12, 2011 – 9:54 am

By MARIE HARTWELL-WALKER, ED.D.
For some people, this is a truly radical idea: There is no need to fight with your partner. Ever. Accusations, recriminations, character assassination, threats, name-calling, and cursing, whether delivered at top volume or with a quiet sarcastic sneer, damage a relationship, often irrevocably. Nobody needs to be a monster or to be treated monstrously. Nobody [...]

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Destroying love, one bit at the time

April 5, 2011 – 9:38 am

There is a slow way of killing the reciprocal love we all begin our married life with….composed of small, daily disappointments that will end up destroying reciprocal respect.
What are they? Here is the list of all communication activities that enforce the idea that one spouse is better than the other:

interruption of spouse’s explanation or story;
correcting [...]

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A Valentine for your inner child? why not?

February 13, 2011 – 3:15 pm

This is what happened yesterday: in a general store, getting things for my kitchen, all the decor was full with different kinds of red hearts…Of course! It’s Valentine’s Day!….
Suddenly I found myself grabbing one of the balloons…and my left hand felt curiously small, kind of tiny…it would not let the balloon go as I went [...]

By alfaprima | Posted in Emotional Abuse, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationships, Self-Esteem | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)
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