Family Arguments: 5 Ways Your Body Language Keeps the Fight Going

Tense family arguments become inflamed altercations when just the right facial expression pushes conflict to higher levels. There is nothing like your sister’s rolling eyes to make you feel disrespected. Your partner’s shoulder shrug has an infuriating way of dismissing your...

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Dating Again? Will It be Love or Limerence?

Gina is nervous about being back in the dating game. She wants love but she’s not sure if she’d recognize it if she saw it. In fact, she’s worried she’ll get ahead of herself and read love where only limerence, or...

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Date Night: 5 Ways to Make It Happen for Married Couples

As you rush out the door every morning and drop into bed at night, you know it’s time to reconnect. Do you miss each other? Do you miss real conversations and uninterrupted evenings to laugh and relax? When did it...

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Couples Therapy for One: Can Jill, Without Jack, Get Relationship Help

You think you need relationship help. In fact, you’re pretty sure of it. So you asked your partner to find time in her schedule for couples counseling. She didn’t agree. What can you do? Are you simply supposed to continue on, the...

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Four Ways Your Marriage can Survive Adultery

Adultery was never what you wanted. You never imagined the flood of realization, betrayal, and devastation that would threaten to sweep everything away.  Now you’re treading water. The rupture in your relationship is real. Do you get back on board with your...

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9 Things Husbands and Wives Should Never Do in the Family Business

Chris and his wife, Joanne, are fighting. At work. Again. He complains about the unpaid invoices. She reminds him that they’d be done… if she hadn’t spent all night doing laundry at home. Half of the wait staff is standing around in...

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Not Ready For Dating? Prepare with Relationship Therapy

The dating scene. Are you ready to get back out there? Maybe you’re not so sure. The whole process has its risks. Vulnerability. Rejection. Emotional investment with little return. How do you know if you’re up to it? Believe it or not, the problem...

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What is Fair Fighting and How Can It Help Your Marriage?

All Couples fight. And for many, the word “fair” rarely comes to mind when tensions rise. Partners often have points to make and scorecards in their heads. In the heat of verbal battle, it seems that only one can win. Unfortunately, that approach...

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