Category Archives: Communication

Not Getting Your Concerns Heard? Try These 5 Tools

Want to become more effective when someone you love, or someone you work with, keeps doing something that bugs you?

Marriage: the Ultimate Collaborative Venture

Love may find its ultimate expression in the decision of two people to live their lives in permanent collaborative partnership. Why does this decision sometimes lead to misery instead of joyful collaboration?

Mom Loved You Best! The Rise and Fall of Sibling Rivalry

When and why did you experience sibling rivalry? With hindsight, what do you know now that you didn't understand then that makes the rivalry vanish?

Mad Enough to Tell Someone to ‘Take a Hike!’ ?

Lo and behold, the old expression of anger ‘Go take a hike!’ turns out to be good advice.

Is There Too Much Anger in Your Family? How Can You Respond?

Abuse of family members can be emotional (too much anger), verbal (telling others what to do, criticizing, blame, name-calling, swearing) or physical. How can you stop it?

Kids Making Too Much Noise?

Try reading this story to your children if they sometimes make too much noise. The story was written by a five-year-old boy who was trying to learn to tame his volume.

Lessons from Tebow and Elway

Maybe football is more than "just a game." Maybe football reminds us about what is best about American culture.

Lessons from the Tom Cruise Katie Holmes Divorce

Katie Holmes' divorce from Tom Cruise caught many folks by surprise. Here's one analysis of how marriages come apart.

If You Speak Negativity, It’s Time to Learn a 2nd Language

Three speech patterns, which I call the 3-D's, are especially likely to trigger depressed feelings in a receiver. Do any of these sound familiar to you?

How Technological Distractions Destroy Connections

What is the role of smartphones and apps in blocking the development of relationship connections?