How to Find Accepting and Compassionate Friends
Shame researcher, Brené Brown, laid the ground work of who to avoid when we need to share our story. But what are the signs of a compassionate friend?
Relationship Building
marriage, couples, husband, wife, sex, healthy relationships, relationship tips, friendships
How to Do The Parent and Adult Children Dance
Both parents and adult children can discover how to mend or improve their relationship. Cut-off, conflict, and misunderstandings can be minimized.
Are You In Love or In Euphoria?
You may have fallen into the fog of euphoria. We can let this state of “in love” rob us from valuable time and energy and dead end us from truly living.
The Why, Depth and Benefits of Friendship
Friendship is good therapy for women and men. Here is an exploration of girlfriends, friends in general, and concludes with Ten Friendship Sayings.
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Helping a Friend with Humor
You do not need to be a Patch Adams, wear a red nose, dress up like a clown, or be a therapist to use humor to help a hurting friend.
Words of Wisdom from My Mentor, Gwendolyn Jansma
If you are fortunate or strategic you will find a mentor who will guide and steer your life in directions you never imagined possible.
12 Tips to Transform Relationship Fighting
The probability of arguing or disagreeing in a love relationship. Some describe these moments as Relationship Fighting.
How to Prepare for Workplace Mental Illness
Teresa said, “Patricia, I would love to read some of your work on dealing with employees who are controlling, easily agitated and off the wall! It seems like my co-worker wants to get even with me for nothing. She starts yelling even if I dare to identify areas that could easily be improved. What are […]
Mind Your Ageing Process: Make Smart Choices
Yes, that is me in the photo, with my hubby. If you are a senior citizen, I hope you, too, take time to yuck it up! Fun and play help us keep healthy; help us with resilient ageing. Yet growing older has another side. In the last couple of years, I was introduced to eyesight […]
How Emotional Coaching can Fix Your Relationship
Years ago my father did not speak to me for six months. When our oldest daughter, Kelly was in jail (see the book, Love Her As She Is) she asked for bail money. After we said no, she did not speak to us for many months. When our youngest daughter told us about her diagnosis […]
Book Summary: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
This summary of John Gottman’s book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, highlights how his research can improve your relationship.
Not Feeling the Love? How the Five Love Languages Can Help
Every now and then our relationships could benefit from an examination. Of course, it begins with ourselves. We can check our generosity, honesty, kindness, compassion, appreciation, empathy, and love. As was written in the bible, “The greatest of these is love.” Gary Chapman, the family therapist and author of The Five Love Languages, provides a key […]