Have you heard this from a teenager in your house? Perhaps you said this when you were a teenager in your parents’ house? It’s not
Are we supposed to love our partners unconditionally? Some people think that the only kind of love is the unconditional kind – challenging, sacrificial and
The problem: Perhaps you have heard statements like these: “My friend has better food at her house than we do” “You’re the only one who
It doesn’t seem to matter how long I’ve been observing, counselling and coaching couples, I’m regularly struck by how thoroughly we become detached from those
I’ve noticed that often when men and women chat with me about past or existing affairs, there is often conveyed a sense of being revived
“My wife is pestering me for one of these”, announced the carpenter who was building the deck on the back of my house. “Oh, really?”
What about when we get angry at our babies or toddlers? We feel such intense shame after our angry words and actions and this shame
What helps your anxiety shift closer to calm? I’m not referring to alcohol or substances or other addictions. (They will certainly act as though they
Some of us really struggle with doing what we’re told. It goes against the grain to have someone, who is not us, tell us what
How about that maddening frustration of being in bed, in the small hours of the night, wide awake? Argghhh! The time seems to slow right
It’s a given that things will not always be as rosy as they were in the early days of our committed relationships. It is quite
Twenty years ago I was invited to speak at a women’s retreat and on the first day someone began their question with, “You know how