by Margie | May 26, 2014 | Self, Tip
In his best-selling book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (And It’s All Small Stuff), Richard Carlson offers 100 suggestions for keeping life in perspective. Here are 3 of my favorites: 1) Choose Being Kind Over Being Right: We are often tempted to “correct people,” to...
by Margie | May 19, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Self
How we communicate our displeasure can make all the difference in the world to the quality of your relationship. John Gottman (Why Marriages Succeed or Fail) points out the distinctions between a complaint, a criticism, and contempt. A complaint is a specific...
by Margie | May 12, 2014 | Marriage, Relationships, Self, Tip
Psychologist John Gottman is a pioneer in researching marriage, studying thousands of couples for over 4 decades! He is renowned for his ability to predict—with 94% accuracy—which couples will stay married and which will divorce, by listening to their...
by Margie | May 5, 2014 | Self
In The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky, offers a comprehensive guide to what happiness is, isn’t and how we can get closer to the happy life we envision for ourselves. After studying thousands of men and women at the University of California, Sonja recommends...
by Margie | Apr 22, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Self, Tip
People get stuck in parenting where they themselves are stunted psychologically, and the same is true of marriage partners, according to Harville Hendrix (Giving the Love that Heals). Marriage can be healing when both partners restore their own wholeness by stretching...
by Margie | Mar 17, 2014 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Self
So often in my work with couples, I see a pattern that one or both of the partners of a couple fail to express their needs, issues, or problems. It sometimes feels easier to ignore our concerns and push them away. Maybe we are afraid of hurting our partner’s feelings...
