When we communicate with one another, we are attempting to make an emotional connection - with our eyes, our body, our words. This is because humans are social beings; our brains are programmed to seek love and empathy from others. So what about … [Read more...]
How to Reinforce Love, Day In and Day Out
As we learn more and more about the human brain and conflict, we learn more about how to feel better in relationships, how to care for one another, and how to change negative energy into positive energy. For example - do you and your partner … [Read more...]
Healthy Relationships Ask For Openness
Being in a relationship means that sometimes we will feel misunderstood, challenged or simply attacked by our loved one. And what do we do? We defend ourselves by clamming up, escalating the dispute with angry words and fighting back! Defensiveness … [Read more...]
Appreciate More, Criticize Less
Given that our definition of marriage is that it should be a mutual admiration society, how come the other person is always pointing out our negative aspects and forgetting our good traits? In other words, that our partner doesn’t show enough … [Read more...]
Do You Have What It Takes to Be Married?
Although it may seem unromantic, a happy marriage is a long term project that requires daily tending. When we're young and in love, we tend to think of marriage as this blissful thing that springs up out of the ground like a full fledged garden. In … [Read more...]
