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Relationship Help: Adult Kids Not Talking to You?

May 13, 2012
Relationship Help: Adult Kids Not Talking to You?

I was on Facebook this morning reading the Mother’s Day messages.  Several spoke of their sense of pain and loss that their adult children were no longer communicating with them. It was particular pain of the phone not ringing and the post box empty on Mother’s Day.  understand that. It made me think of...

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Relationship Help: Do you negotiate well?

April 20, 2012
Relationship Help: Do you negotiate well?

Every day, in every relationship–even the one with have with ourselves, we are negotiating all the time. Wouldn’t it be wise to hone your skills? When I’m working with couples or workplace teams, I see it so clearly.  They have not learned or honed...

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Relationship Help: Don’t Be a Doormat!!!

April 6, 2012
Relationship Help: Don’t Be a Doormat!!!

Whether you are a man or a woman doesn’t matter, but it certainly matters if you are a doormat! A doormat is a person who doesn’t take a stand in life for his or her values, vision, purpose, beliefs, desires or worth. They are...

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Relationship Help: When he won’t protect or profess you, it’s a sign!

March 21, 2012
Relationship Help: When he won’t protect or profess you, it’s a sign!

WOMEN! Are you with a man who won’t protect or profess you? This is a guy who lets other people speak to him about you in a negative manner without setting them straight and/or a guy who will not tell the world that he...

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Relationship Help: Passive-Aggressive Behavior is Crazy-Making!

March 16, 2012
Relationship Help:  Passive-Aggressive Behavior is Crazy-Making!

It leaves you with that yucky feeling, the feeling of just being sucker punched. It leaves you shaking your head in disbelief. It’s like a nightmare where you try to run away and all you ever find are cul-de-sacs with no escape. It’s crazy-making....

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Relationship Help: How to Know if You Are Being Bullied.

March 6, 2012
Relationship Help: How to Know if You Are Being Bullied.

BULLIES! Just the word is enough to get our heart rate–and our back–up! We can easily identify the bullies who hit, threaten, stand in our way, or throw us around. What we need to be able to recognize is when we are actually living...

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Relationship Help: Does being right make it right?

March 1, 2012
Relationship Help: Does being right make it right?

Oh, we all like to be right, don’t we? Even if we keep the smug “I told you so” to ourselves, we like being right. We need relationship help for sure when things deteriorate in your relationship to just wanting to be right. In...

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Relationship Help: Anger + Texting = Trouble!

February 28, 2012
Relationship Help: Anger + Texting = Trouble!

Oh, the flying fingers that seal our fates! Relationships can be enriched by the loving text messages that let others know we care. But, let those fingers fly when you are angry and you’ve done something that may never go away.  Not only that,...

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Relationship Help: Is anyone listening???

February 23, 2012
Relationship Help: Is anyone listening???

There is a good reason that we have one mouth and two ears. The body seems to be telling us that listening twice as much as talking is a good idea.   Now, sure, I’m making that up, but it is a very wise...

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Relationship Help: Ever Feel Taken for Granted?

February 16, 2012
Relationship Help: Ever Feel Taken for Granted?

A great enemy of loving relationships is that old phrase: “taken for granted.” It’s a sure sign of needing relationship help. Many folks who have been in relationship for a while are well-served by stopping to think about whether or not they might be...

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Relationship Help: Do You Have to Say “I’m Sorry” When You’re Not?

February 6, 2012
Relationship Help: Do You Have to Say “I’m Sorry” When You’re Not?

Were you ever taught to say “Sorry” even when you weren’t?  Or, even worse, were you taught to say “Sorry” when you had nothing to be sorry about?   It started very early for most of us. We were taught that other people count...

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Relationship Help: Do You Have a Crazy-Making Partner or Co-Worker?

January 23, 2012
Relationship Help: Do You Have a Crazy-Making Partner or Co-Worker?

Do you have a partner, boss or co-worker who you would often–operant word, often–describe as crazy-making?  Does s/he frequently seem to give with one hand and grab it back with the other? This can be a description of the emotional and verbal behavior of a...

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Relationship Help: Can relationship problems be solved quickly?

January 16, 2012
Relationship Help: Can relationship problems be solved quickly?

Recently, I was working with a couple who were with me for the second counseling session. At the end, the fellow said:  “How long is this going to take to know if this relationship can get better?” Big question with no answer. But, what...

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