Instead of trying to set a resolution, which by its very definition means a solution to a problem rather than setting an aspirational goal, I name a Word of The Year.
Doing the Work… What Does That Even Mean?
To ground yourself at the center of your own experience means that your life must work for you before it can work for anyone else.
To ground yourself at the center of your own experience means that your life must work for you before it can work for anyone else.
Find Your Sexy Roadmap: Sensuality, Sexuality, Eroticism
Every person has a unique sexy roadmap.
Every person has a unique sexy roadmap.
The Foundation of Relationship Healing: Forgiveness, Trust, and Security
These three dynamics are often misunderstood, and partners are rarely educated in how to manage the process of relationship rebalancing after hurt.
These three dynamics are often misunderstood, and partners are rarely educated in how to manage the process of relationship rebalancing after hurt.
Acknowledging Relationship Burdens: The Key to Greater Intimacy and Connection
Why men are often challenged in how we manage distress.
Why men are often challenged in how we manage distress.
How to Be a Great Manipulator
We are often called a manipulator when we are trying to get our needs met, to get our partner to hear us or understand us.
We are often called a manipulator when we are trying to get our needs met, to get our partner to hear us or understand us.
Not All Vulnerability Is the Same
Using vulnerability to create closeness.
Using vulnerability to create closeness.
Please Don’t Come Out!
The issue is not to come out at all, but to invite in.
The issue is not to come out at all, but to invite in.
Why the ‘Story in My Head’ Needs an Editor
What change do you think might be possible?
What change do you think might be possible?
Why Don’t You Listen to Me!
How we can over-invest in listening.
How we can over-invest in listening.
What To Do About ‘But’ Sex
Oftentimes it is the getting started that is the hardest part.
Oftentimes it is the getting started that is the hardest part.
The Work of a Relationship: Consistent, Persistent, Insistent
Getting what we want, what we feel we deserve, and what we hope for often feels out of reach and inconceivable.
Getting what we want, what we feel we deserve, and what we hope for often feels out of reach and inconceivable.
Understanding Our Relationship Roles: Caring FOR Versus Caring ABOUT
For healthier relationships, take a moment to ask yourself exactly what your job in the relationship is: to care for or to care about.
For healthier relationships, take a moment to ask yourself exactly what your job in the relationship is: to care for or to care about.
Why I Am So Intentional About Intentionality
Everything is a choice, and I can make choices in everything. I am the driver in my life; I am not an object that is acted upon.
Everything is a choice, and I can make choices in everything. I am the driver in my life; I am not an object that is acted upon.
The Arc of Sexuality During Family Building
When the decision to start having children is made, sex starts to take on new meanings and the first major shift in intimacy takes place.
When the decision to start having children is made, sex starts to take on new meanings and the first major shift in intimacy takes place.