Resentment is defined as bitter indication after THINKING you’ve been treated unfairly. This is a huge issue I see in many of my clients. In today’s episode, we discuss 4 ways you can deal with resentment in your marriage and how changing your thinking is the key!
So many women think they don’t want to have sex because they are tired or “touched out” at the end of the day. What was once a vital and important part of the marriage has taken a back seat to life and child rearing. In this episode, we examine how the thoughts you are telling yourself are killing your sex drive…and how you can get it back!
The more you try to resist or push away negative emotion, the bigger it grows. But if you just learn to sit with it, move towards it, you are willing to have the whole human experience. And that is a life worth living!
In this episode we talk about how to get everything you want for Christmas. It’s probably NOT what you think….
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am sharing with you how important the emotion of gratitude is in your life and mine.
Tony Overbay, LMFT shares with us how Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), can help us improve the communication with our partner.
All couples have disagreements, but the ones who learn to solve their problems by fighting differently and fair are the ones who tend to stick together. In this episode I share 5 steps to fighting fair with your spouse.
Celeste Davis (MarriageLaboratory.com), joins me in discussing different experiments she has conducted in her marriage to improve communication.
One of the keys to communication in marriage, is communicating well during a conflict. Conflict is inevitable in any marriage. Learning how to resolve those conflicts is key to sustaining…
“By Small and simple things are great things brought to pass.” The little things we do to build and strengthen our marriage add up. They compound. What small choices are you making daily that contribute the demise or the strengthening of your marriage?
When something negative happens, our brains automatically make up a story to protect us. What are the stories that you tell yourself to protect yourself from feeling negative emotions? What stories disengage you from your spouse or make them into a villain? While this is a great way to protect ourselves, it takes us further away from creating the emotional intimacy and connection that we all crave in our relationships. So what stories are you telling yourself?
Have you ever thought “Did I marry the wrong person?” or “Are we really meant to be?” Just about every married person I know has had those thoughts. But in this episode, we talk about why those thoughts aren’t serving you and your marriage.