I Married Them Too?! Tips for Dealing with Difficult In-Laws
When you said your vows for better or worst you not only committed yourself to your spouse, you committed yourself to your spouse's family as well. It's a package deal [...]
How to Break the Nitpicking Habit in Your Relationship
Nitpicking is an unpleasant habit and it doesn’t make anyone happy. If you’ve been nitpicked by your partner, you definitely know this, but it’s also true if you’re the one [...]
How to Have a Better Relationship
Good relationships don't happen overnight. Relationships can be challenging and they take patience, commitment and compromise. Tara Parker-Pope wrote an excellent article in the New York Times on "How to [...]
How to Break the Cycle of Partner Criticism
Nitpicking. Fault-finding. Hypercriticism. Regardless of which term you use, the effects are the same: constantly looking for, finding, and pointing out faults in your partner can easily lead to tension, [...]
Know Thyself: Recognizing Your “Hot Button” Emotional Triggers in Relationships
Did you know that divorce rates have declined over 18% since 2008? The driving force behind this impressive drop is more people are taking their time getting to know themselves [...]
How to Stop Arguing with Your Partner: Use this Couples’ Communication Exercise
Arguing with your partner can make you miserable, right? Forget that childhood saying about “sticks and stones.” In the real world, words do harm and can lead to hurt feelings, [...]
Recovering from an Affair: 3 Ways to Start Reestablishing Trust
Has a recent affair broken your relationship trust? Although things may feel shaky right now, all is not lost! For couples ready to rebuild your relationship after an affair, do [...]
How to Deal With Depression in your Marriage
Gary writes: My wife and I have been fighting a lot lately. She went to the doctor recently and was told she had some issues with hormones, so whenever we get into a fight she says, “It's just the hormones." I want to support her but am having a hard time dealing with the constant arguments.
Are there still good people out there worth dating?
Dating is annoying at times and can trigger our insecurities making it an extremely emotional process. It’s taxing to wait for the person to call or text us to let us know that they want to see us again, and that we passed their test so far. We become anxious, wondering if we will ever meet that special someone to share life with?
Options for Managing General Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are very common and can stem from any number of events or stresses in life. Many people manage their anxiety effectively enough that most people would never know [...]
How to Make the Most of Couples Counseling
Couples counseling is far more effective for dealing with relationship difficulties than trying to figure it out on your own. So, congratulations on making the choice to do couples counseling [...]
Setting Boundaries With the In-Laws
You may be one of those lucky people with golden in-laws that appreciate you and kindly stay out of your private business. They don't pressure you to do anything that goes against your own morals or house rules and they never ask you to do anything that would hurt your family relationships in any way.