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Making Joint Decisions in Your Relationship When You’d Rather Not-image

Making Joint Decisions in Your Relationship When You’d Rather Not

Decisions are tough to make when you’re single. They’re doubly tough when you’re a couple. Toss in a little conflict and they can feel downright impossible.  And it’s no surprise that you don’t agree. If you subscribe to the idea...

Consider This Before You Promise To Change For Your Partner-image

Consider This Before You Promise To Change For Your Partner

Here’s the scenario. Something happened. You messed up again. Your partner gave you an ultimatum or you hit rock bottom on some level. Maybe the scale screamed a number bigger than you have seen or even want to admit. Maybe...

Are You Crazy or Are You Being Gaslighted?-image

Are You Crazy or Are You Being Gaslighted?

I once had a client who came in because she was having problems in her relationship with her significant other. All the signs were screaming at her that he was being unfaithful. It was glaringly clear, but every time she...

How to Know if You Have Unrealistic Expectations of Your Husband?-image

How to Know if You Have Unrealistic Expectations of Your Husband?

At least a couple of times a week, a client who is feeling some type of angst about a relationship will ask me, am I expecting too much? Am I being realistic? And I’ve noticed, it’s often the ones that...

Are You Becoming Your Husband’s Mother?-image

Are You Becoming Your Husband’s Mother?

I might step on some toes today, but it’s in your best interest, so get ready. Are you acting like a mother or a wife to your spouse? Is your daily mantra a constant telling him to do the things-...

How to Restore an Estranged Family Relationship-image

How to Restore an Estranged Family Relationship

My heart has been heavy with so many people in my life- friends and clients alike who feel distance and estrangement in their relationships. Something has happened, whether it was a clear breach or a slow distancing. Moms who feel...

Five Relationship Myths That Keep You Unhappy-image

Five Relationship Myths That Keep You Unhappy

1. If I tell him what I want him to do, then it’s not genuine if he does it I often have this conversation with my clients: “What are your needs or what do you want from him?” I’ll ask....

Why All The Relationship Advice Isn’t Working For You-image

Why All The Relationship Advice Isn’t Working For You

I have been listening to relationship podcasts, following other relationship experts on social and all of them give very good advice, but as I have been consuming it, I found myself realizing NONE of it will work with certain relationships....

How to Make Peace With Uncertainty in Your Relationship-image

How to Make Peace With Uncertainty in Your Relationship

I remember being a young newlywed and I was young- 19 when I got married. My husband is significantly older than I am and he had a close friend in her 40’s. She was divorcing her husband of 20 years....

When You Compare Your Relationship and Yours Comes Up Short-image

When You Compare Your Relationship and Yours Comes Up Short

I used to be that girl who felt jealous of other's relationships. You know, THOSE couples who finish each other's sentences, do everything together, say they never fight, are truly the best of friends - maybe even wear matching outfits...

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