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17 Questions to Ask Your Partner to Deepen Your Connection
Couples who have strong bonds remain interested in each other. They remain curious about each other’s experiences and inner lives, such as their thoughts, feelings, and fears. As …
5 Questions for John Gottman, Ph.D
1. Essentially, what do women really want from men? The number one thing that women want when they are seeking a partner to date is trustworthiness. First, she needs to know that …
5 Simple Ways to Breathe Life into a Relationship
The turning of a year seems to beg us to reevaluate, revitalize, and recommit. We resolve to do better and to be better in almost every area of our lives. The only problem is that …
5 Ways to Create New Things to Talk About With Your Partner
Together 24/7 (or for many years) and feel like you've said it all? Here are five ways to reboot the communication and create new and meaningful conversations between you and your partner.
6 Secrets of Happy Relationships
Before the battles begin, we start out believing that being with this person will make us happy. Ironically, that’s the critical mistake…
70 Affirmations for Love
So the honeymoon is over? Use these 70 affirmations to love your partner then, now, and forever—no matter what may come.
8 Things to Do Before Starting a Relationship
“Self-love is the knowing that you were created to be completely loved and completely lovable just as you are. When you embrace this truth, the world mirrors that knowing. When you…
8 Ways Humor Hurts Relationships
When it comes to humor in relationships, the purer our intentions, the kinder our hearts, and the more conscious our words, the better results we will get.
8 Ways to Practice Memory Mindfulness for Loving Relationships
Extending your mindfulness practice to your memories will serve your loving, harmonious relationship.
Better Sleep, Better Marriage
The more you sleep, the more likely you are to be satisfied with your marriage.
Building Relationships One Step at a Time
Walking can be a path to a better understanding and appreciation of each other.
Compassion for Dating in the Technological Age
Recently I had a young man working with me who showed me the Tinder app as a means of finding dates. Here, you could rifle through a series of pictures like speed dating online, an…
Controlling vs Caring vs Responsibility
Recently, I was working with a couple and was explaining how the ego works, or rather doesn’t work, as it relates to relationships. The ego mind is great at seeing problems, but ho…
Create Intimacy in Marriage Using Active Listening
Active listening can change everything from the way you interact with others to how you create familiarity in your marriage because you learn to proactively listen to others.
Finding the Truth of Who You Are in Your Relationship
A different kind of Valentine’s Day workshop for couples.
Freedom in Commitment
I was talking with a delightful couple the other day. They shared that they were drawn to be together, knew they were the one for each other, but the fear of commitment gnawed at e…
Happily Ever After (Virtually)
Relationships that begin online are often more successful than their “IRL” counterparts.
How Self-Loathing Makes Us Look (Mistakenly) Like the World's Best Partners
I've been called the perfect partner, the source of all happiness, a dream-come-true. And while such stratospheric grandiosities are nice to hear, they're hard to believe. Hey, I…
