Caution: Loaded topic. Are you keeping secrets in your relationship? Before going further about this, let me tell you that most secrets in an intimate relationship if you are long-term committed partners are toxic. Poisonous. Secrets are things you are either keeping from your partner on purpose or explicitly lying to them about. Before going […]
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Just Apologize: 2 Of The Most Powerful Words You Can Say
Just apologize. Own what you did and say “I’m sorry.” Of course, for an apology to be effective, you have to mean it, and your actions have to demonstrate that as well, but these two words are extremely important. It can be hard to own when you mess up if your relationship is already struggling. […]
How Can I Tell If I’m Outgrowing My Relationship? Here’s What To Do…
I frequently field questions from confused people who fearfully wonder, “Am I outgrowing my relationship?” When you’re a person who is interested in personal growth and development and your partner’s not, you may be scared that you are outgrowing your relationship. Alternatively, perhaps you’ve recently become someone interested in personal growth and development as a […]
What NOT To Do With Your Trouble In Your Relationship
Got a personal issue or trouble in your relationship? An easy way to ruin your relationship is to keep all of your trouble to yourself. Let’s talk about 2 kinds of trouble and tackle each separately: 1.) Your personal troubles – unrelated to the relationship If you are reluctant to ever “burden” others with your trouble […]
2nd Date Update
We all have guilty pleasures. Yours is Desperate Housewives or The Bachelor or maybe Diners Drive-Ins and Dives (that’s one of my husband’s except he feels no guilt about this), mine is 2nd Date Update on HOT 96.9fm Boston. Here’s the deal: You go out on a date with someone and seem to hit it […]
Keep Fighting Over The Same Thing?
Ever find yourself lost in the same circular arguments with your significant other? You just keep fighting over the same thing. Something so trivial, like who did or didn’t take the garbage out, can seem to start the most nuclear of arguments. Or you give your partner the most neutral look and it’s interpreted as […]