Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Clayton chokes with disgust when he feels 'needy.' Do you do everything you can to avoid feeling needy? Are you disgusted and ashamed of yourself when you feel the need for reassurance, affection, closeness or comfort? The secret to feeling self-assured and competent is the greatest [...]
At the age of 34 Matt had achieved everything he had set out to do when he decided to prove to his father that he wasn’t a waster. He had an exciting six figure salary job as a buyer of exotic furnishings for a global interior design company. Together with a large upscale home, a beautiful and intelligent wife Laura, and an adorable daughter, he was the envy of everyone in his social world. But Matt wasn’t happy. In fact he was angry and miserable because he felt excluded from Laura’s private world.
Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Announcing a divorce is shocking and painful Gerald came home after a business trip and announced to Beatrice that he wanted a divorce. The shock of it made Beatrice stop breathing for a few seconds. She froze in a state of complete disbelief. For a moment there [...]
Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Sonia doubts her husband's sincerity and ends up feeling alone and empty Everything was wrong with Sonia's life and she wanted her husband to fix it The thought of having to look for another job made Sonia angry, stressed and depressed. Writing new resumes, interviewing, posting ads [...]
Between 40% to 76% of partners cheat at least once in a romantic relationship. Men and women cheat in similar ways. Your style of attachment determines whether you are going to cheat and whether you care more about sexual versus emotional infidelity. There are four pointers that make you likely to cheat. One is if you prefer autonomy over commitment. Read the others, and get an audio tip on reducing fear intimacy.
Having got her parents to acknowledge and care for her Chantal won her battle but lost her zest for life. Dry and brittle skin reflected the dried out insides she was experiencing as she lost motivation for life. An old stress disappeared but a new one arrived.
Relationships were hard work and Shirley was angry about it. There was no end to it. That made her even more angry. The angrier Shirley became the less her husband and children wanted to be near her. They too felt that they had to please her in order to be loved and accepted. Proving love through obedience rather than through a genuine joy of sharing herself with her family became the name of the game.
Relationship Advice Tips By Dr. Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D. Just the thought of family tensions, arguments and disappointments can stress you out, fill you with dread and cause fatigue. Anticipating hurt and misunderstandings while at the same time hoping it will be different this time sets you up for a roller coaster of emotions that make [...]
Playing with your partner rather than alongside your partner keeps you in the moment, and helps you lower your guard. Physical activities such as playing in the sand or in a pool build trust, whereas competitive games like golf or chess set the stage for winning and losing, creating distance in the process. Playing spontaneously brings naturalness and vulnerability that promotes intimacy.
Tony’s anger at having to wait all his life for his parents to take the initiative overtook any sense of pleasure in the victory. He was angry about all the efforts he had made that went nowhere. He was angry that he had been rebuffed for so long. He was deeply hurt that his parents didn’t appear to have any desire to get to know his children. Now that his parents were coming the anger was let loose from the vault he had used to store it. How can Tony reconcile his joy and anger?
