Category Archives: Relationships
Can Parental Alienation Occur Beyond Parents and Kids?
Does alienation exist only in post-divorce families? No. Look for population alienation as well as parental alienation. Both do massive harm.
Can Relationships Improve When Just One Partner Gets Help?
Marriage is a high-skills activity. Without the skills, people get hurt. But what if only one partner is willing to seek help?
Can You Say No To Requests?
People-pleasing has its up-sides. Generosity tends to uplift the giver as well as the receiver. Yet for the times when you really do not want to do something that someone has requested of you, here's a gracious way to say a clear no.
Can You Spot 10 Signs of a Childish Adult?
Do you have the emotional maturity of a young child—or spend time with a particularly childlike adult?
Clear Needless Emotional Clutter From Your Relationships
Clearing your language of these five needlessly provocative words and short phrases can have a surprisingly positive impact on your relationships.
Becoming a Grandparent
First, folks who love children aim to be great parents. As seniors, they get the chance to aim also for being great grandparents. What's often their biggest challenge?
Between Parent and Child: An All-Time Parenting Best-Seller
Haim Ginott's parenting book revolutionized our ideas of how to talk with children.
Beware Of Mistaken Marriage Advice That “All Couples Fight”
Beware of marriage advice that suggests that all couples fight. They don't. Successful couples also don't sweep their differences under the rug. Here's an alternative.
Borderline Personality: Does a BPD Diagnosis Imply Raging?
One aspect of the cluster of traits that lead to a borderline personality diagnosis lies at the core of this disorder. Hint: it's NOT anger.
Boundaries, Privacy and Intimacy Are Cultural Phenomena
When couples start with different cultural backgrounds, their his-way, her-way expectations of intimacy, of what is private and what can be shared, can be confusing.