Author Archives: Susan Heitler
How Do Sex and Power Abuses Lead to Terrorism and War?
What are the deeper motives underlying some jihadists' attraction to terrorism? It turns out that sex and power, used abusively, lie at the heart of Islamic terrorism.
How Do Your Relationships Flow?
Communication is the flow of information in relationships. Information flows between people just like water flows in nature's streams. Smooth laminar flow is good. Bumpy turbulence causes problems.
How Does Your Child Sleep?
Having difficulty getting your child to bed down in the evenings? Check out this new book for frazzled families.
How Effective Is Your Marriage Therapy?
If you and your spouse have had some tough times and turned for help to a couples counselor, how can you assess if the therapy is genuinely helping? Many folks in couples counseling are uncertain as to what to use as a measuring stick. Whether the therapist is "a nice person" is not sufficient. Try this quiz instead.
How Gender Differences Make Decision-Making Difficult
Men rush for the finish line. Women explore, communicating about various underlying concerns. And therein lies the struggle. What can you do about it?
How Good Are You at the Art of Conversation? A Quiz
What makes a good conversationalist? These 10 key factors may surprise you.
How Does Communication Flow in your Relationships?
Water, traffic and words all flow. When the flow is laminar, that is, smooth, the interactions feel cooperative. Blockage and turbulence in the flow of speech signal that cooperation has broken down, replaced by listening blockages and adversarilal stances.
How a Simple Children’s Game Explains Relationships
What can a children's game teach us about sustaining positive relationships and being a winner in life?
How a Large Hispanic-American Family Stays Close
Big families are relatively rare these days. It's even rarer for multiple generations to live in the same city. Even if they do, odds are that the family members rarely get together beyond weddings and major holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving. My secretary's family succeeds. How do they do it?
Home Is Where You Feel Safe. How Emotionally Safe Is Yours?
How aware are you of potential emotional hazards in your household?