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How to have a Great Relationship for the Holidays: Updating your Love Maps
For many couples, the holidays are a stressful time. Expectations of togetherness without conflict clash with the reality of strained budgets, busy schedules, family dynamics, and personal stressors (including grief—memories of those who passed away). A great...
How to Change Your Relationship with the Power of Positive Requests
"The quality of your closest relationship determines how long you will live." --John Gottman What do you fight about most often with your spouse? It may surprise you to know that the real reason most fights escalate (and one of the leading causes of...
Finding Love in 15 Minutes: How to Stay Connected with your Partner though Micro-dates
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. —William Blake What do your day-to-day interactions with your spouse look like? For most people, the day is a stream of tasks, obligations,...
Superman’s Green Kryptonite Phobia: How Exposure Therapy Helps You Overcome Anxiety
Superman is afraid of just one thing—kryptonite. This small piece of his home world can put him on his knees, heart pounding, weak, faint. Fears and phobias too are often rooted in childhood experiences and can have debilitating effects on people throughout...
Message in a Bottle: How Writing Letters Helps Deal with Grief
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. –William Shakespeare When a loved one dies, our lives can be thrown into turmoil. What once served as map coordinates, our relationship, can no longer provide a...