I am putting together a blog post on the different ‘types’ of love. In reading the book The 5 Love Languages, by Gary Chapman he posits that there are two types of love: romantic euphoric ‘falling in love’ which won’t last longer than a few years at the most; and then there[…]
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When couples argue there are a host of different styles. Two that are common and go hand and hand I call the ‘pursuer’ and the ‘processor’. The pursuer feels that in any argument they need to have fast and immediate resolution thereby pursuing their partner pushing for answers. The processor[…]
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I have a metaphor I often tell my clients explaining how therapy works. Holding up my hands in front of myself I demonstrate to my clients two hands fused together. One hand is the Egoic Self which we all have and will probably not remove: it is easily hurt, prideful,[…]
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Dear Sugar is a podcast I recommend for the way they deal with powerful, important human issues. One can learn a lot by listening to this podcast with its therapeutic insights, the real raw relationship and other issues they cover, and the straight talk of Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed.[…]
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Relationships in our lives are very important and great when things are going well. But Issues happen daily and because of that, here are 4 KEY issues which challenge relationships and also some answers of what to do which are Blame/Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt, Stonewalling. Blame/Criticism. Criticism consists of attacking or[…]
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