Couples Communication 
Couples Conflict: Stop Blaming Your Partner and Own Your Role (0)
“If she didn’t act like such a brat I wouldn’t blow up!”
I hear this kind of statement in my couples counseling practice a lot – and I understand how easy it is for people to slip into blaming their partner rather than looking at their role. It’s so much easier, isn’t it? Yes but it’s [...]
6 Tips for Talking About Money Effectively by James W. Walkup, D.Min., LMFT
1. Discuss money only when you are both rested and focused enough to stay out of the usual quagmires of attacking and blaming. Don’t begin a discussion after you both are exhausted from the stress of the day.
2. Agree to take a break when things get tense. Five minute reciprocal backrubs or times to check [...]
What is Emotional Intelligence – and How Do We Get It? by Jeanne Segal, Ph.D.
What is emotional intelligence?
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to appropriately manage and use your emotions in positive and constructive ways that make you more forceful and successful. It’s about engaging with others in a ways that draw people to you.
Emotional Intelligence is also about recognizing your own emotional state and the emotional states of others [...]
Why You Can’t Just Give In by Barbi Pecenco Kolski, IMF
We have a couple of choices in our relationships when it comes to things we disagree with our partner about. We can:
1) Ignore what we want and give in to please our partner
2) Stand up for what we want and ask/insist that our partner meet us halfway
3) Consider what we want, consider what our partner [...]
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