Have you ever had this experience: you’re talking to someone, they are aware of the words you are speaking, but they don’t seem to be listening? I’ve often had that experience. I’m sorry to say, so has my husband (yes, with me…). We human beings are often so caught up in our own world we […]

My last blog entry talked about the importance of not bringing up past behaviors and learning to let it go. What if, however the behavior hasn’t stopped? What if that one behavior, yelling for example, happened two years ago, one year ago and continues to happen today? If the behavior is still going on today, […]

John Gottman has done extensive research on couples and found that couples who stay together have more positive interactions overall than couples who divorce. When they speak to each other, they do so respectfully and without contempt. They listen as though they care and they treat each other in kinder more thoughtful ways; they do […]