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End Those Dreaded Fights And Enjoy Peaceful Relationships

By |2016-12-13T05:19:23+00:00July 20th, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Do you dread those tense moments when you can feel a fight starting up between you and your loved on? Are you tired and needing a breather but can't find a way out? Have you tried not reacting, compromising, pleasing and shutting down, but yet the sparks fly and the fights erupt? Then you and your loved ones may have problems with boundaries in your relationships. You see, it's not that you are arguing points or opinions but that you are trying desperately to carve out comfortable space for yourself without harming the couple part of the relationship. That's when the tension gets high and some fighting needs to take place to get you the space!

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What’s the best way of expressing your anger without shame?

By |2017-09-13T18:31:00+00:00July 20th, 2012|Blog|

Do you prefer showing your anger by giving someone the silent treatment? Now think of the time when a friend didn’t return your calls and you felt angry at being ignored. Perhaps you didn’t answer the phone when your friend did eventually call you back. You wanted to get your own back and punish your friend. It is a conscious and premeditated act of anger. Somehow this way of releasing anger is more acceptable, but not necessarily better for the relationship.

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How To Stop Anger About Your Childhood Interfering In Your Adult Relationships!

By |2017-09-13T17:10:55+00:00July 19th, 2012|Blog|

Koren began to have flash backs about her own school experiences. She relived the incident when she had been wrongly blamed for throwing a paper dart in English class. Her mother had been told she was insolent and defiant. Her mother never asked Koren to tell her side of the story. Her mother believed the teacher and Koren was shamed for letting the family down. The same feelings of shame, humiliation and rage that Koren had felt at that time were washing over her now as she felt marginalized by Hector’s school Principal. As a child Koren couldn’t show or talk about her bitter disappointment and rage at not being championed. Koren was left unprotected, scapegoated and gagged.

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Why Anger is necessary – it’s how you use it that counts!

By |2017-09-13T19:23:24+00:00July 19th, 2012|Blog|

For Carrie the choice felt as stark as this ‘do as she says and keep your daughter close, or be selfish and lonely, guilty and regretful for the rest of your life.’ Faced with that conflict, Carrie always chose the former. Until now. As she was being ground into the dust with no sign of reprieve, her survival instinct kicked in. Her fury at not being able to withdraw the interest on her relationship bank accounts eventually allowed her to put her needs first. Resentment topped guilt and released her anger.

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How to Manage The Guilt Of Saying ‘No’ To Your Partner!

By |2016-12-13T05:19:24+00:00July 16th, 2012|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

If you connect with your partner through guilt then you probably find yourself wanting to escape. The relationship isn't comfortable because you need to set some personal boundaries that make appropriate times and situations for enjoyable connection instead of a pull-push cycle of anger and guilt. Learn how to do that so that you actually want to be with your partner rather than feel you have to!

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Are you addicted to fighting with your partner?

By |2017-09-13T19:44:55+00:00July 15th, 2012|Blog|

Both Keith and Kim get a buzz from engaging with each other through conflict. No matter how uncomfortable they may feel during their fights, their cravings for the pay offs call the tune. Like any other addiction, it has to be fed and topped up with more conflict for the highs to be maintained.

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How To Stop Worrying About What Other People Think!

By |2016-12-13T05:19:24+00:00July 13th, 2012|Anxiety therapy|

Relationship Advice Tips from Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Are you always worrying about what other people will think of you if you don't conform to expectations? Do you have a nagging voice in your head that pushes you do dress, act, talk and carry yourself in a certain way so that you can avoid the [...]

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How To Make Sure Your Relationship Makes It Past The Initial Romance

By |2017-09-13T19:36:14+00:00July 10th, 2012|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy|

If you want to know the secret to keeping the romance alive in your relationship after the initial highs, you have to make sure that the levels of the hormone Oxytocin stay pumped up. Research has found that couples who engage in specific reciprocal interactions encourage the production of Oxytocin which in turn glues and cements the attachment bonds so that the couple stays together and enjoys their connection. Learn what those special interactions are and make your relationship separation proof.

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How To Deal With Verbal Attacks From Your Loved Ones.

By |2017-09-13T18:38:33+00:00July 3rd, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, relationship issues|

Verbal attacks from your loved one can make you shrink into a helpless scared person. Learn how to boost your self-worth by flexing your emotional muscles. Put yourself on an equal footing so that you are not used to make your loved one feel good by putting you down.

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