Divorce & Separation

Relationship Help: Do you negotiate well?

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 their skills of negotiation. In fact, they do not see...

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

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. It’s infuriating. It’s passive-aggressive behavior!And, it requires relationship help.  It’s...

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Insights into emotional abuse of children

Insights into emotional abuse of children

Abuse is any behavior that is designed to control or dominate another person. Whether that is through fear, humiliation, intimidation, isolation, guilt, blaming, manipulation or denial.  Therefore, emotional abuse is simply any abuse that is emotional rather than physical. It can include belittling, discounting,  manipulating the emotions of another and constant criticism. It can...

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Relationship Problems: Communicate. Don’t Dance for Two!

Relationship Problems: Communicate. Don’t Dance for Two!

So often, when a couple comes to see me, one of them is “dancing for two.”  You may recognize the pattern: one person knows what the other person thinks, what the other person wants, why the other person does what s/he does and what needs to happen to solve the relationship problems.  And, that...

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Relationship Problems: Who do I believe?

Relationship Problems: Who do I believe?

We get information from all kinds of places. If we entrust our thoughts and concerns about our relationship to other people, we will find most folks are all too ready to give us their opinions…along with their tales of “ain’t it awful” and “s/he did me wrong.” In fact, some of them will jump...

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Relationship Problems: Why Mediation is a Very Good Idea

Relationship Problems: Why Mediation is a Very Good Idea

If you have not used mediation as a resolution strategy for relationship problems, this post will help you understand the differences between mediation and counseling so that you can make a wise choice. When you choose to go to a mediator--whether for a relationship problem at home or at work, you are saying "...

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