When You’re Thinking About Decluttering Your Relationship Have you binge watched the Marie Kondo Netflix series on the magic of tidying up yet? If you’re like me, you’ve been flooded with notifications and emails about it, and maybe you’ve been talking about it too. Admittedly I haven’t watched the new series, but I read the […]
Communication
7 Tips on How to Lessen Stress Through a Successful Relationship
by Michele M. Anderson Love has a particularly welcome role in relieving stress. A loving relationship can turn around a bad day. Love does wonderful things to a person’s state of mind, and it also offers some health benefits. Dr. Helen Fisher who studies neurohormonal phenomena at Rutgers University said that love has a long-lasting […]
The Must Read Book To Improve And Deepen Your Relationship
10 years ago on a Saturday afternoon in late April, I settled into a window seat of an Irish bar, overlooking 2nd Ave in the East Village, with a Guinness in one hand, and the teal, hardcover book by Dr. Sue Johnson, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, in the other. […]
Ashamed For Wanting More
She was drowning in her own emotional soup. Julie looked at John and tried to express her conflicting feelings, her ability to know better how she SHOULD feel, yet her difficulty in feeling that way… She tried and wound up with a message that fell flat. He just heard how much he let her down. […]
7 Tips For Successful People To Have Successful Relationships
2010 was a pivotal year for me. I got married! I also got the courage (and the health insurance) to prioritize myself and my aspirations by leaving my stable job to be fully self-employed. One thing I knew I needed if I was going to go full-time into business for myself was some help. So […]
What To Do When It’s Hard To Forgive
While it’s always a good time to forgive, if you’re willing to, the start of a new year is a particularly nice time to consciously forgive. So many of us go through our lives sometimes accumulating little ouches and resentments here and there without addressing them. What often happens is that people wind up brushing […]
