Category: Relationships

Do you always know what your loved one is really thinking, or are you often guessing? If you are often guessing, that guessing game can be stressful and can lead to unpleasant…

Internalizing is blinking away your upset or needs in the service of keeping the peace with others in your life. This could range from dealing with an employee or a boss to…

Unsplash by Katerina Hliznitsova I suspect that for a lot of people, just reading the term “situationship” makes you cringe. Coined to describe a type of relationship that usually has a sexual…

One of the most difficult relationship conundrums to understand is: “If I want a relationship so badly, then how could it be that I am the one causing the rejection?” After all,…

Source: Robbin Higgins/Pixabay, retrieved from Canva A child and her parents aren’t getting along because she won’t eat crackers or fruit, but is fine with hot dogs. A man rolls his eyes…

Ready or not…here come the holidays! Carrie Knowles Whether we like it or not, the holy trifecta of winter holidays is upon us once again. Throw in Halloween, if you must, but…

Source: noelsch/pixabay You probably already know something about good communication—not interrupting or looking at your phone, shutting down, or getting angry or defensive. This is about skills, not personality, training yourself to…

Source: Kristina Flour / Unsplash Many people come to therapy feeling torn between concealing a secret and revealing it. Facing this inner conflict might prompt them to say things like: “I just…

When an intimate relationship leaves a person feeling anxious and wobbly, rather than calm and secure, this can be related to many different things. In this post, I’ll focus on two of…

We are tied to our beliefs, and the more opposition we run up against, often, the stronger these beliefs become. How do you feel when someone implies that your political beliefs are…