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Self-Compassion Makes You the Partner You Want to be Toward Your Loved One

By |2016-12-13T05:19:18+00:00February 13th, 2013|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

After chiding her live- in boyfriend of five years, thirty-three year old boutique owner Nicole was full of self-loathing. She was angry that she had lost her temper with thirty-five year old car service manager Craig who was constantly letting her down. Nicole watched herself berate him for his sloppiness and half-finished chores. She saw Craig cringe and it reminded her of the times when her father laid into her for not doing as he expected. She didn’t want to be anything like her father. She was alarmed and ashamed that she behaved exactly like her dad, and wasn’t able to do anything to stop it.

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Develop Good Communication Skills and Solve Marriage Problems

By |2017-09-11T18:47:25+00:00January 15th, 2013|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Issues, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Gina a twenty-seven year old recent law school graduate was bubbling about her acceptance as an intern at a prestigious law firm. She jumped into the car when her thirty-two year old boyfriend Jake, vice-principle at an elementary school came to pick her up. She started talking excitedly before she strapped her seat belt on, but was gutted when she was abruptly cut off in mid- sentence. Three sentences in Jake sighed, avoided eye contact and told her he had to concentrate on the traffic.

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Expressing Hurt Saves Relationships While Anger Causes Relationship Breakups

By |2017-09-11T17:21:51+00:00January 9th, 2013|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Breakups and Separation, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues, separation counseling|

Two years into their engagement, twenty-nine year old medical billings specialist Rachel vowed to leave her thirty-two year old fiancé Brian, a banker and property developer – for the millionth time. She was full of anger and bitterness about Brian’s willingness to help his sister manage her financial problems while making excuses about planning their long awaited vacation to Italy. Brian felt torn between Rachel and members of his family. He wanted to share himself with them all, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to do so without alienating one or other of his loved ones. He liked the fact that he was wanted and needed but he hated being put on the spot over and over again to choose between them and live with the discomfort of divided loyalties.

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What Makes You Push Your Partner Away and Choose Depression and Loneliness?

By |2017-09-11T16:25:02+00:00November 21st, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues|

For the millionth time that day twenty-seven year old receptionist Camille yelled at sound engineer Mario, her boyfriend of eight months. He was never on time, drove carelessly and today he had forgotten the address for her urgent dental appointment after promising to get her there punctually. What made it worse was his utter calmness in the face of her escalating outrage. It was if she were a mere twig on the road that he could go around and continue on his merry way. Camille rejected his hug and concern for her when she came out of the dental office. She ignored his interest in what she could eat and drink after her tooth extraction. Camille avoided any eye contact and refused to talk to him on the way home.

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Why Your Ideal Of A Perfect Marriage Causes Your Finance To Break Off The Engagement

By |2017-09-13T18:15:58+00:00September 11th, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

No matter how patient he was or how many allowances he made, at the end of the day he felt dumped. Just as he was looking forward to looking for a house and planning the details of the wedding Sheila backed out saying she couldn’t go through with it. She wasn’t ready. She was very sorry, especially as this was a repeat of what had happened before, but it wasn’t going to work out. Neville was in shock. This was the closest he had ever gotten to tying the knot with someone he was nuts about, and it all fell apart. Would he ever get married? Would he ever find that magic that his parents seemed to have and that he desperately wanted to capture?

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How To Avoid Feeling Attacked When Your Partner Is Venting!

By |2017-09-11T18:48:47+00:00September 7th, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Do you cringe when your partner starts venting ? Does it feel like your partner is venting at you and that you just have to take it? Are you afraid that if you don't absorb the attack you won't exist for your partner? Then you are caught in a tight spot. It's stressful when power games are at play. Your wish to be something important even if it is a bag for your partner to dump all their anger and frustration, prevents you from showing up as a human being with feelings, on a equal footing with your partner. Watch this video and learn how to allow the venting but not let the attack destroy you for the sake of being connected.

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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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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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How To Deal With a Loved One Who Texts Others While In Your Company!

By |2017-09-13T17:16:13+00:00June 29th, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Do you feel outraged at your loved one for texting others while out with you? Your sense of abandonment and feelings of being ignored can make you feel insecure, pushing you to end the relationship. Learn how to figure out what gets triggered for you in this moment before you destroy what may be a good relationship.

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Should You Apologize After An Explosion Of Anger?

By |2017-09-13T18:57:44+00:00May 8th, 2012|Anger Issues, Anxiety therapy, Communication Problems, Intimacy, relationship issues|

Guilt and fear of destroying your relationship can make you feel like you have to apologize for your anger. But the apology is not for saying what you really mean. It's a way of making sure your rage hasn't dissolved the relationship. Learn two ways to test the connection and avoid the humiliation of apologizing when you don't want to or need to.

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