Plenty of marriages survive for the sake of children, religious expectations, or economic reasons. During this economic recession, this may be clear to you if you’re staying in a stale marriage because you can’t financially survive on your own right … [Read more...]
Creativity and Self-Expansion in a Healthy Marriage
What is it that keeps a couple together? If it’s not what is described in the endless letters and sonnets of pain and woe, akin to torturing each other, what is the glue that binds us? Is it something else, perhaps love? It may not be feelings … [Read more...]
Top 5 Indicators of Pent Up Anger
Pent up anger is when you don’t realize how angry you are until you react to a silly situation that could be ignored easily (perhaps a 3 on the frustration scale), with a full-on anger explosion (a 10 on the frustration scale). This disproportionate … [Read more...]
Too near, too far? How personal boundaries and self-esteem mix
In conflict situations, emotional and physical boundaries set the tone for how conflict will be handled, and even when/how conflict will arise. For some, a lack of boundaries creates contact that is more intrusive than intimate; for others, too many … [Read more...]
Abusive Behavior First Red Flag? Hear Him Yelling at You!
There is one emotional abuse sign that brings such a painful shock, we all try to rationalize and process it fast, as to get it out of our awareness. It's the shock a woman feels the first time he screams, calls her a name or insults her. He is … [Read more...]
