We talk a lot about managing your differences and learning to see them as opportunities to grow as a couple. Quite often, subjective things like “opposite personalities” are opportunities to express respect and trust, and don’t have to be what breaks the relationship apart. Helping couples in trouble see that is part of why we [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationship Repair
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Also tagged aggression, appreciation, Cold Shoulder, conflict, conflict resolution, confrontation, emotions, forgiveness, Healthy Marriage, humiliation, reconciliation, verbal abuse
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February 24, 2012 – 10:48 am
If you could change something about your relationship, what would it be? More respect? More trust? More commitment? We all have times where our partners don’t give us what we want, but sometimes we also don’t get what we need - the basic foundation traits of a healthy relationship. Without our basic relationship needs being [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationship Repair, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged aggression, anger, Cold Shoulder, conflict, confrontation, critique, frustration, humiliation, isolation, loneliness, love, negative emotions, reconciliation, rejection, Relationships, verbal abuse
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Attachment patterns are being created even as the child is being delivered from the womb. Attachment to others is inborn and instinctive, part of the brain that evolves as a self-protection measure for the child. This learned process allows the child to know where the parent is, and how to get close to the parent. [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged appreciation, attitude change, confrontation, critique, emotions, loneliness, love, respect, trust
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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 [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationships
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Also tagged appreciation, conflict resolution, control, critique, frustration, negative emotions, passive aggressive, reconciliation, rejection
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January 27, 2011 – 10:44 am
What does it mean, that someone is difficult? Every day, we come into contact with people that are walking emotional bundles. They carry the weight of past experiences with them, framing their present experiences as well as whatever wrong assumptions about life they have gained from those hurts. Their previous experiences have conditioned them, from [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Anger Management, Emotional Abuse, Healthy Marriage, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationships
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Also tagged anger, attitude change, conflict, conflict resolution, control, critique, frustration, humiliation, negative emotions, passive aggression, rejection, Resistance
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