1. Send your mother-in-law flowers on your spouse’s birthday. Regardless of the relationship you have with your mother-in-law, she will always be your spouse’s mom. She will always be the one who held them when they were sad, ran them around to school and activities, made them dinner, and kept them safe. For that, you…
Many people ask me if I can recommend a marriage book for them. Without hesitation, the book I continually refer to is Dr. Sue Johnson’s Hold Me Tight. Dr. Johnson is an international leader in the field of marriage and family therapy. Over the last 15 years, she has pioneered significant research into what creates…
Watch what happens for this baby when she does not get a response out of her mother: Does this feel familiar to you? Are you ever met with a still face, a blank expression, a seemingly indifferent or cold look? Have you ever found yourself going to great lengths just to get your partner’s attention? It’s…
I had a client once tell me that when he watched Star Trek as a child, he’d wish that he could be a Vulcan–that he too could be completely disconnected from emotion. For him, it was just too difficult to experience the constant pain of his emotions. So, he made a deliberate choice to shut…
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how to make date night successful when you’re both exhausted and have a lot going on. It can be easy to get caught up in thinking that you need to be extra creative for it to “count,” or that you have to go out and do something extravagant. But…