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De-Stress Tips To Help Your Marriage

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Easy. Can Do! De-Stress Tips to Help Your Marriage I often hear when I ask couples, “how are you?” I then hear a response similar sounding to “we’ve been so busy that there is no time for us!” And while this is true and there are many responsibilities that are baked into our days. It […]

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Creating Time to Talk About Sensitive or Reoccurring Relationship Issues

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Creating Time to Talk About Sensitive or Reoccurring Relationship Issues When you and your spouse or partner argue or have a disagreement, is it typically around the same type of issues? Many couples have the same arguments over and over. And some start to lose hope that these issues will ever get resolved. Leaving them […]

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Caring for an Elderly Parent and Its Impact on Your Marriage

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Caring for an Elderly Parent and Its Impact on Your Marriage Caring for an elderly parent and its impact on your marriage…Caring for an elderly parent can be a wonderful experience both for you and for your parent. But, it can also not be. For some, it can be highly rewarding. And for other families, […]

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Sex and Intimacy

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Sex and Intimacy in Your Relationship Have you been together or married for a while and sex and intimacy between you has grown cold? Or, maybe you are in a new relationship and you’re starting to see changes. Whether you’re in a long term or new relationship, sex and intimacy concerns can be one of […]

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Rituals in Your Relationship

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Rituals In Your Relationship and Marriage Do you have rituals in your relationship? I bet you do and some you might not even realize that what you’re doing is actually a ritual. Or, another way of saying it is instead of a ritual, are there habits you’re currently doing and maybe have been doing for […]

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Building Commitment in Your Marriage

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Building Commitment in Your Marriage Building commitment in your marriage can be easier than you think. But, it does take work. And it takes a shift in the way you think and look at things. Building Commitment in Your Marriage During Critical Moments When there are critical moments in your relationship, are you emotionally there […]

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COVID-19 and Therapy Sessions

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COVID-19 and Therapy Sessions As things keep evolving around COVID-19, I have received many questions about how to proceed with therapy. Questions from other therapists asking for recommendations on best practices on how to proceed. And questions from current and potential clients wanting to continue and/or begin therapy. There are a number of ways we […]

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Create a Marriage of Appreciation

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How to Create a Marriage of Appreciation How to create a marriage of appreciation in your marriage…by saying, noticing, and expressing affection and respect for all the little (and big) things each of you do. This matters! Dr. John Gottman has researched successful relationships and what he found is that marriages with an environment of […]

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How to Complain Effectively in Your Marriage

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How to Complain Effectively in Your Marriage to Improve Communication Huh? What in the world does how to complain effectively in your marriage mean…that sounds like a contradiction! Here is what I am referring to… There are positive ways to complain in relationships that don’t have to cause an all out argument as a result. […]

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