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“We are never so vulnerable as when we love” |
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| Arguing Constructively, and Not So Constructively Good Argument Has Its Up Side – But Only If We Fight Fairly All couples argue. This is a normal and expected part of any relationship. Of course, some relationship experts say that arguing is healthy, while others say beware. |
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| The Art of Not Being Offended There is an ancient and well-kept secret to happiness which the Great Ones have known for centuries. They rarely talk about it, but they use it all the time, and it is fundamental to good mental health. This secret is called The Fine Art of Not Being Offended. | |
| PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Most of us build our lives around the belief that we will be relatively safe. Granted, normal daily life involves many stressors, especially in these hectic times, but we expect these pressures to happen and we become accustomed to handling them. The more flexible we are and the more we know ourselves and are in touch with our abilities, the easier it is to deal with normal everyday stress. |  |
| Social Anxiety - Overcoming Shyness Ask people what they fear the most and many of them will answer, “speaking in public.” In surveys that ask people about their fears, about one person in five reports an extreme fear of public speaking. Shyness and other forms of social anxiety are common – and they prevent people from fully experiencing life. |  |
| Loss Can Bring Gain Loss Can Be Painful - But It Can Open the Door to New, and Even Better, Life Experiences. Loss is embedded in the process of living. It happens to everyone and it is inevitable. There is no such thing as constant gain in our lives. |  |
| Working on Your Relationship You can create a successful relationship - Even if you must work on it alone. Conflicts can be expected to arise in even the strongest of relationships. |  |
| Resilient Personality All of us experience major disruptions at certain points in our lives. For some, these hard times come frequently – the impact of the trauma is overwhelming and recovery, if it comes at all, can be painfully slow. |  |
| Who Controls Your Relationship Control issues arise with all aspects of a couples life together. Rarely are we prepared to deal with the power struggle that follows the romantic experience of falling in love and committing to our partners “for better or worst.. |  |
| What About Depression? Everyone feels sad from time to time. It’s only natural. Most people go through blue days or just periods of feeling down, especially after they experience a loss. But what experts call clinical depression is different from just being “down in the dumps.” |  |
| Handling Personality Conflicts Some people are easy to be around and some are not. All of us seem to have at least a few difficult friends in our lives. They can range from those who are a mild annoyance to those who can make life seem nearly intolerable at times ... especially if we lack the tools for responding to them in an adaptive way. |  |
| Addictions We are all pleasure seekers. There are pleasure centers located in the human brain, which, when activated, are associated with feelings of euphoria. This happens to us every day.... Addictive behavior can be seen as an attempt to control our daily cycles by maximizing pleasurable... |  |
| To Forgive All of us have been hurt, in one way or another, by someone else. While it is easy to forgive a friend for the slight distress we feel over a phone call that was not returned, it is not so easy to forgive those who have harmed us in a major way. |
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| Relationship Conflicts - Where Did the Love Go? Relationships are seldom as simple as we would like. They bring out our needs, anxieties, and conflicts with people from our past – parents, friends, and former partners. |  |
| Altruism Option - A Key to Wellness and a Fuller Life. A positive approach to life and paying attention to ways that we can contribute to others, can make an immense difference in the perceived quality of our life. |  |
| Understanding Anxiety Anxiety is the body’s reaction to an event that is experienced as disturbing or threatening. ... we are more likely to feel the anxiety that emerges from stress when we face overwhelming responsibilities at work or home, experience loneliness, rejection, or the fear of losing things that are important to us, such as our jobs or friends. |  |
| Relationship Addiction The experience of finding the right partner and falling “in love” is one of life’s true joys.... The “high” that comes from this feeling of loving passion, at least for some people, is so compelling that they use it to fill gaps in their lives, much as they might use a drug. Being in love, for them, can resemble an addiction. |  |
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