How to Maintain Your Relationship When One Person Changes
I am excited to share that I was recently accepted to be a Topic Expert on GoodTherapy.org. This month I share ways to continue your relationship and stay connected to your partner even when one person changes. Over the course of a long-term relationship, you are bound to change. But self-growth doesn’t necessarily have to […]
Be Kind, Not Nice
I stopped being nice several years ago. It left me drained and constantly lacking in relationships so I decided to stop being nice. For me being nice felt like a one-way street. I did what I thought would make other people happy. Sometimes I was right and my “niceness” would make them happy. And many […]
What do you owe and to whom?
Have you ever lost yourself in a relationship? I mean lost yourself in a way that you or people who know you don’t recognize. Where you look in the mirror, or someone says, “Who are you because you’re not the person that I know.” We have all been in relationships that don’t work. And the reasons […]
Celebrating All Love on Feb. 14th
Some people love Valentine’s Day and eagerly await its approach after New Year’s celebrations are over. Honestly, this is probably the greeting card, floral, candy, and jewelry industries but I’m sure that there are some people too! Others dread the day and many people are indifferent. I tend to fall into the latter category. When […]
Saying “I’m Sorry” like you mean it
What do you do when you hurt someone you love? Well of course you say “I’m sorry.” But what happens when that’s not enough? What happens when the apology doesn’t erase the pain that you’ve caused? Sometimes the pain stems from a betrayal like infidelity in a partnership. Other times it’s unkind words or the […]
