What do you do when you are frustrated with your significant other or your children? Do you react? Avoid? Become aggressive? When friction issues surface in a relationship, emotions can become charged. The two most common natural reactions when emotions escalate are aggressiveness or avoidance. Neither reaction helps resolve the problem in a calm-rational way. Aggressiveness: Aggressiveness is …
I read an interesting article on a local news site today. It caught my attention because it is on a topic I address with couples and families on a daily basis – overscheduling. Here is a link to the article on how parents typically overschedule the lives of their children: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=13488424 I think this issues …
I consider selfishness to be the cancer of any relationship. As soon as the question “What’s in it for me?” becomes the focus, the relationship may be on a downward spiral. Focusing on what you are not receiving, how imperfect your partner is, what deficiencies they possess, etc. will only set you up for failure. …
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