Have you ever heard yourself saying, "I feel like I'm talking to a wall?" or "I might as well be talking to myself!" Has anyone been saying these statements to you lately? If so, you might have Stonewalling as part of the Destructive Dance to...
We've all been there. Hurrying through our week. Working hard to make a living. And then, the weekend comes! Time to rest. Right? Not right. [caption id="attachment_161" align="alignleft" width="337"] Intentional Rest[/caption] We've lost the "Intentional Rest" we used to practice as families. With the soccer...
Couples often get stuck in destructive habits with each other. Criticism is one of these habits. Criticism often starts a spiral downward for the couple. One partner criticizes . The other Partner defends . One partner ramps up the criticism to contempt . The other...
Dr. John Gottman informed me about 10 years ago, there were horses in my marriage bed. He had been doing research for years in his couples' lab about happily married couples versus those couples who were miserable or on the verge of divorce. Dr. Gottman's...