One of the characteristics that sets the blue ribbon relationships apart from the rest of the pack is the tendency for both partners to live in a state of appreciation.…...

September will always be back-to-school season in my mind – the sadness of summer ending, the excitement of seeing old friends again. All of those memories from childhood are good to hold onto. Some things from childhood…...

As women, we deserve to be seen, heard, loved, and honored in our relationships, just as much as men. All too often women are, or appear to be, powerful career…...

At one of my three-day intensives, we had a wonderful discussion about the difference between approval and appreciation. I had never thought about the difference until someone asked about it.…...

The Beatles were on the money with almost all of their songs, but on this one, I’m afraid that they got it wrong. Unfortunately, a lot of Beatle fans found…...

Even though divorce rates for younger couples is on the decline, the rate of divorces in mature marriages is increasing. As a matter of fact, the divorce rate has nearly…...

In my marriage and relationship coaching practice, people reach out to me when their marriages have been struggling for years or even decades. Their relationships have become so unbearable that…...

Charlie: It was the summer of 1990, and Linda and I were finally on the getaway that we had been looking forward to for years. Both of us were fried to…...

The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote these words nearly 100 years ago and they are still true today. They represent the most eloquent expressions of the essence of what is unquestionably…...

Trauma generates emotions, and unless we process these emotions at the time the trauma occurs, they become stuck in our minds and bodies. Instead of healing from the wounding event,…...