What Were You Taught About Anger When You Were Growing Up? In our first article about family and the holidays, we talked about how the emotion of anger is – like all other emotions – really just energy – energy produced when we think we need to protect ourselves from some perceived insult or threat. [...]
How early do you start dreading the holidays? Or at least, knowing you’re going to see a particular person there? Mid-September? August? June? (and if you’re one of the lucky ones whose families always get along great, enjoy your good fortune – but keep reading, so in case you ever find yourself in a less [...]
As our teleseminar addressing greater mindfulness in our relationships approaches, there are more questions coming up about creating and maintaining healthy, happy relationships. This week a big question that I heard was: “When does he become the person I thought he could be?” Hmmm…this is a pretty big topic, and one that can torpedo a [...]
As our upcoming teleseminar approaches all about creating and maintaining loving intimacy in relationships, I felt compelled to address a long-standing question that so many people who seek out marriage counseling ask me: “So…When will I be able to stop working so hard at my marriage?? When am I going to finally get to the [...]

