We all want to be happy. In fact, most of us have great expectations of happiness. It doesn’t always work out the way that we expect though, does it? There are break ups. There are illnesses. There are financial difficulties. Real life has problems. Everybody has. Problems are not the problem…the problem is expecting to not [...]
Relationship
I stayed in my first marriage too long. I was afraid to leave because I had a fear of being alone. So I stayed, even though I knew it was better for both of us to make that clean break. It took more time than it should have to leave… “Being alone is scary, but [...]
“Please” and “Thank you” are more than good manners in a relationship. In a recent post that I wrote on the 7 Warning Signs You Are Being Taken for Granted, I suggested that the absence of these words, “please” and “thank you”, were one of those warning signs. Let’s imagine a relationship between two people…let’s [...]
You thought you were in love. You had all of the symptoms. Now, no matter what you do, you can’t quiet that voice that says “There is something missing.” Does any of this sound familiar? If it does, it can be because of a difference in core values between you and your partner. Core Values and [...]
If you have ever been in any kind of relationship, you know that there is often a power struggle over the need to be right…and it is a need for a lot of people…and they will fight until they can prove to their partner that their way is indeed the only way…the right way… It [...]
