How often do we express anger to a loved one like this: "I know you don't do things just to make me mad. But what you've done really bothers me. Can we talk about this and understand what happened, so we…
When a friend was a little girl, her father once travelled for six months from the U.S. to Australia for work, leaving her mother in the countryside with three little girls and a newborn. It was the snowiest winter in years.…
Understand the Path to Serious Trouble In Your Relationship, and What To Do About It What is it that leads a partnership or marriage down the path to separation or divorce? Leading researchers and insights from couples counseling point to similar patterns. Findings from…
What Are All Those Fights Over Small or Silly Things Really About? Insights from couples counseling helps arguing partners change the tune. You know, it happens in a flash. He forgets to take the trash to the curb, again. She is out at…
Ok, so you messed up. You forgot your husband's birthday, or you didn’t stop by the store for your girlfriend like you promised. You insulted the annoying buddy from work, or sulked when your boyfriend went out with the guys instead of…
Happiness as a couple grows when partners build a store of goodwill through simple gestures and shared knowledge of what matters to each other. In this two-part article, Part 1 looked at ways to build up goodwill. Here in Part 2 we look what erodes…
Happy couples feel joy, appreciation and love, especially for each other and for their families. In this 2-part article, Developing Happiness as a Couple, we look at how to build positive, loving partnerships, and what to avoid. In Part 1, we look…
Why Secure Relationships Help Women’s Emotional Well-Being - Women in relationships with a deep sense of connection and closeness heal faster, suffer fewer depressions, and express higher levels of happiness. That seems so intuitively obvious! But what do these secure relationships…