Mindfulness in Relationships 
Neuroscience and You: What Does Brain Science Have to do with your Emotional and Relationship Health? (0)
I am contemplative as the redesign of The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com continues to be underway and the re-launch soon to come. As I sort through the slimming, paring and streamlining of the emotional and relationship health content I can’t help but thinking about what has been the biggest news as of late in these topics [...]
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What’s your own role? See your part. by Rick Hanson, PhD
In the permission-granted article below, Rick Hanson, PhD, explores the importance of seeing your part rather than focus on the other in relationships… In situations or relationships with any kind of difficulty – tension, feeling hurt, conflicts, mismatches of wants . . . the usual crud – it’s natural to focus on what others have [...]
Whether Single or in a Relationship, True Love Can Be Yours
Valentines Day is just around the corner. Whatever meaning you attach to it and whatever feelings it brings up (affection, romance, sadness or ambivalence) I’d like to take the opportunity to explore love as it exists or has existed in your life. Being human, we are born wired to connect with others. We seek a secure attachment [...]
5 Ways to Stay Cool in the Face of Another’s Emotional Reactivity
I had a recent experience that tested my patience and challenged me to remain calm in the face of aggressive, critical words. My initial instinct (my primal lizard brain in activation) was to fight back, defend and point out the ways in which this person had totally missed the mark. But I didn’t. This choice [...]
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- Mindfulness and Keeping it Real in Relationships by Marsha Lucas, PhD
- Your Emotional Leftovers – and How to Clear Out the Fridge by Re-wiring Your Brain
- How to Give your Brain a Fighting Chance in an Argument by Marsha Lucas, PhD
- How to Manage Difficult Emotions in Your Relationship
