Why Do We Forget Why We Got Married in the First Place?
Many of the challenges we see in couples therapy have common themes: cheating, not supporting me, doesn’t listen, doesn’t stop talking, always blaming, always controlling, never wants sex, always wants sex, doesn’t understand me…. Oh wait, here is a good one… he’s crazy or she’s crazy! Examples like these are all too familiar in my […]
Forgiveness
“Forgiveness often comes with a humbling of the heart in which your okay with human imperfections.”~ Adyashanti Forgiveness is a concern for at least 80% of my clients. There is so much written on the topic, I wasn’t sure where to begin. So, I decided to write about an ongoing personal experience. I have never […]
If Your Tears Could Speak, What Would They Say?
“Tears are emotions that are so big they can no longer be contained by the body.” ~ Debbie Seid, author of The Ladder of Life. As a marriage therapist, I always remain in a state of curiosity when I delve into a person’s tears. What I’ve noticed is that when we as adults cry, it […]
Valentines Thoughts on Expressing Love
“The task is not to seek love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you built against it” – Rumi As we approach Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but to think about love. While there are many aspects of love, for the purposes of this blog post, I will be […]
Post Election: How are couples, who are split politically, coming together?
As discussed in my previous blog, this last year between Debbie and I have been filled with divisiveness. I had become very triggered to the point where I would not listen to anything she said about Trump. What I didn’t quite realize was that my trying to convince her to make choices that I believed […]
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