When you diminish your partner’s feelings, opinions, reactions…you only create resentment and resistance.

When your alcoholic partner gets sober, you expect to feel exuberant-you can relax and have the relationship you believed was possible. Only, that’s not what usually happens.

Using yourself as the frame from which to decide if someone else’s reactions are normal, is a really bad idea, yet it's something we all seem to do.

No one escapes having regrets; the longer you live, the more you have. Regrets for a decision made, or a choice you didn’t make; regrets for foolish behavior that lead to bad outcomes; regrets for self- destructive acts, regrets for a path not taken.

With the instant access of cell phones, parents, especially mothers are complaining that when they contact their children, it can take hours or even an entire day, for their child to get back to them.

Wonder why you’re more tired doing your work through video platforms like Zoom, Facetime, or Skype?

Emotions and concerns about the future have been running high with the sequester and the pandemic.

Many are struggling with the fear of not being able to predict that’s going to happen because of the COVID 19 pandemic. What we read, the news we hear, keeps triggering our fears about possible changes in the future; like not knowing when the economy will rebound.

When there’s an agreement for change, partners tend to keep the agreement for a few weeks, then someone falls out, and the agreement fades.

Blaming your partner for something unavoidable that’s already over, is harmful to your relationship. I’m not talking about blaming a partner for bad decisions that were clearly under their control like infidelity. I’m talking about getting fired, being in a car accident, or the flight is cancelled.