Question: I am very much in love with my fiancé but I am having second thoughts about getting married. We get along terrifically when it’s only the two of us but we get into all kinds of trouble when his six-year-old daughter is around (and that’s a lot of the time). As an adult woman, I […]
Relationships
Living the Perfect Life
My friends thought I had it all and that I was living the perfect life. With poise and ease, I was handling the typical life transitions of a woman my age. Little did they know I was filled with grief and indescribable pain and hiding a secret… even from myself. Everything may have seemed “perfect” […]
Codependency: What is it and who am I?
Codependency is an established way of behaving and communicating that we learn from our environment throughout our life. Many of these patterns of communication and behavior are at the level of the unconscious so we are not aware of them and can result in relationship problems at work and at home. Because codependency is often discussed within […]
Thoughts on Commitment
If my recent conversations with friends and clients are any indication, it would seem that the topic of “commitment” is one which certainly causes emotions to intensify and blood to flow….if not the hackles to rise! The word alone is enough to send chills down the spine of some and to warm the hearts of […]
Intimacy Training – Value Of Honesty
Question: While I have read a great deal about the value of honesty in a relationship, I do have some questions about whether it is really valuable to be completely honest all of the time. Can you describe what role honesty should play in a committed relationship? — Brian [gap size=”60px”] Dear Brian, Here’s how […]
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