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How to deal when you want commitment but your partner is hesitant!

If you are angry and tired of waiting for your partner to make good on a promise to commit to marriage and family then you are probably stressed and torn between staying in the hope of some movement and wanting to cut your losses. Learn 3 ways to help you decide what the costs and consequences are for you if you take the plunge and choose one side of your need. Take the pressure off yourself and your partner by looking at what is getting in the way and how to help your partner come out of the indecisive bubble.

By |2017-09-13T19:02:30+00:00January 11th, 2012|Anxiety therapy, Couples Counseling, Intimacy, relationship issues|Comments Off on How to deal when you want commitment but your partner is hesitant!
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How to deal with a partner who is down when you are up!

Are you afraid that your partner's bad mood will bring you down and rob you of your good mood? If you try unsuccessfully to cheer your partner up so you can both connect from a good place then learn how to understand the tension and gap between you so that you don't feel like a failure. Discover how to come to terms with your varying emotional metabolic rates so that you will both be ready and available to one another when the tense moments have passed.

By |2016-12-13T05:19:26+00:00January 8th, 2012|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|Comments Off on How to deal with a partner who is down when you are up!
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Why your Sex Life Goes from Fantastic to Boring in the blink of an eye!

If you find that you can't get enough of good sex with your partner at some times but hate the thought of it later, you may be at the mercy of a set of mental factors that turn on the green light for short intervals, while staying on red for long spells. In the green light time zones you see each other as desirable and comforting, but during the red light time periods you perceive each other as robots who need to do their duty and kill off intimacy by making demands and comparisons that are impossible to overcome. Learn two ways you can keep the green light on for longer and on a lasting basis for your constant enjoyment of physical intimacy.

By |2017-09-13T17:55:00+00:00January 4th, 2012|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|Comments Off on Why your Sex Life Goes from Fantastic to Boring in the blink of an eye!
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How to feel ‘new’ from the inside out without even trying!

Want your relationships to be new and better in 2012? If you try and fail to keep New Years resolutions about being a better person, and having better relationships, then just stop. It's not that you don't have the will power or motivation. It's not that you have no endurance. You just need to tune into your natural built in renewal and rejuvenation mechanisms and use them to refocus your lens on your relationships so that they become more secure and satisfying. Learn three ways you can do that without even trying and literally become 'new' by rewiring your brain and creating constant newness from the inside out.

By |2016-12-13T05:19:26+00:00December 31st, 2011|Anxiety therapy|Comments Off on How to feel ‘new’ from the inside out without even trying!
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Positive affirmations can damage your relationships!

Saying good things about yourself to yourself each day can make you feel better and more confident in the short term. But soon you need to up the ante and make the statements even more elaborate, comparing yourself to others in a superior way. If that comes across to friends and loved ones, and it does whether you say it openly or not, you are destroying your relationships. Learn how to work with your poor self-esteem in ways that bring you closer to people so that they provide the foundation on which you can feel good for ever, naturally, never needing these artificial self-affirmations again.

By |2016-12-13T05:19:26+00:00December 11th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|Comments Off on Positive affirmations can damage your relationships!
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Why your sex life is non-existant part 2- and how to get it going again.

Your sex life may be non-existent because of the roles you and your partner have assumed that makes sex impossible and bad! If you relate to each other as unequal master and slave, boss and worker, parent and child or enemies wanting the lions share of what is available, then sex as a loving act is out of the question. Learn how to avoid getting stuck in those destructive roles and enjoy your sex life again.

By |2017-09-13T20:03:49+00:00December 7th, 2011|Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|Comments Off on Why your sex life is non-existant part 2- and how to get it going again.
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Dealing with someone who won’t own hurting you!

If you are infuriated when you don't receive an apology when someone has hurt you then you may end up stressed and helpless in your relationships. Learn how to communicate the impact the words and actions of others have on you so that they can tailor their behavior in ways that take your feelings into account.

By |2016-12-13T05:19:28+00:00December 3rd, 2011|Anxiety therapy, relationship issues|Comments Off on Dealing with someone who won’t own hurting you!
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Why Your Sex Life Doesn’t Work and Three Ways to Revive it!

Are you putting your partner in a role that makes it impossible for you to enjoy a sexual relationship? You may be casting you and your partner in subtle roles that make sex a taboo. Are you looking to be spoiled and wanted to the exclusion of all others? Those wishes may be getting in your way. Learn what those roles are, why they have such a grip on your sex life, and learn how to remove them.

By |2017-09-13T19:50:50+00:00December 1st, 2011|Intimacy|Comments Off on Why Your Sex Life Doesn’t Work and Three Ways to Revive it!
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How to appreciate yourself so that others will too!

If you don't value the tiny little things about yourself that make you special and unique, no one else will either, because they are hidden and not deemed important. So if you haven't felt thanked and appreciated over the thanksgiving holiday it could be because you haven't found and valued the things about you that are worth giving thanks for.

By |2016-12-13T05:19:28+00:00November 25th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How to appreciate yourself so that others will too!
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How to deal with people who want your advice but don’t take it!

It's infuriating and stressful when your loved ones ask you for your opinion but never heed it! They keep boosting you up by wanting your advice but then drop you like a hot potato as soon as you have given your wisdom and caring. It causes conflict that makes relationships tense and uncomfortable. Learn three ways in which you and your loved one can find room for both sets of views instead of going for one judge and jury.

By |2017-09-13T20:04:08+00:00November 23rd, 2011|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, relationship issues|Comments Off on How to deal with people who want your advice but don’t take it!
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