Who Comes First: The Kids or The Marriage?
Making your kids the centerpiece of your life may seem like a good idea, but generally it’s not. Besides the more obvious risks and dangers such as overprotection, indulgence, and other practices that can...
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Are Healthy Relationships the Secret to Longevity?
While it may not surprise you that Americans spend twice as much on health care as do other developed countries, what may surprise (and disturb) you is how little we get for our money....
10 Factors That Promote Emotional Intimacy
Creating emotional intimacy Fortunately, despite these ambivalent feelings and desires, it is possible to bring greater intimacy (both in terms of quantity and quality) into our lives. The experience of intimacy is not one that...
Emotional Intimacy
Setting: Joe and Ellen’s kitchen on a Sunday morning . They are cleaning up after sharing brunch together. Ellen: Honey, I’ve been feeling some distance between us lately and I’d like to talk with you...
Rebuilding Trust-Part 2
Satisfying relationships are built on a foundation of safety and trust that you won’t be hurt physically or emotionally. Whether you trust too little or too much is influenced by your past, but once...
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To Trust or Mistrust-Part 1
Many people claim that they trust others until they have reason not to, but when you first meet someone, you don’t know anything about their integrity or past conduct, except what they tell you....
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