Spouse Improvement: Influence Your Partner to Change in Just 7 Steps

Spouse Improvement: Influence Your Partner to Change in Just 7 Steps

Author: Peter Pearson

Everyone has something they’d like to change in their partner. Here is a 7-step process to create a change in your partner. The key to the success of this process is that it makes your partner want to change - instead of feeling coerced.

Reading Body Language in Depth

Reading Body Language in Depth

Author: Robert TorreyBody Language can tell you a lot about what is happening in a relationship in so many ways. Is somebody feeling distant, having second thoughts, or are they going to go home rip off all your clothes and make wild, passionate love to you as soon as you close the front door.

The clues are in the body language of your partner.

Walking:

Let’s take just walking to a destination for an example.

Rescue and Rebuild Your Relationship: 7 Tips to Make it Work

Rescue and Rebuild Your Relationship: 7 Tips to Make it Work

Author: Marie Magdala Roker

Create Time To Share And Time On Your Own.

Establish time to spend together and time for yourself. Although you need the time together to nurture your relationship, it is important to have a good balance. You are not the Mini-Me of each other. You each have your own values, interests and needs. Make sure your couple time is about quality, not quantity. Set up boundaries so the family and friends know that this is your sacred time. Now, it’s time to shift focus on you. Having shared perspectives and similar interests does not mean that you have to participate in all activities together. Creating personal time for yourself is important for your personal growth. However, don’t use personal space as an excuse to not make time for each other. It is imperative that you articulate to each other the need for this time, so that no one feels neglected.

Nip Verbal Abuse in the Bud

Nip Verbal Abuse in the Bud

Author: Stephanie Manley

So often in a new relationship we learn the dynamic of the new relationship. This includes how you react together as a couple, with each other, and in group settlings. Backgrounds are very different and as our techniques in dealing and interacting with other people. One thing you need to be on the look out for is verbal abuse. Verbal abuse always takes place before physical abuse does. Knowing what the signs of verbal abuse are as well as being able to stop that treatment early on is key in a relationship.

How to Create a Solid Foundation for Loving Relationships

How to Create a Solid Foundation for Loving Relationships

Author: Karen Klassen

What does real love look like? The way we act towards other people is a true expression of how much we love.

The Indian Jesuit Anthony de Mello tells this story:

The student asks the Master, ‘What is love?’
‘The total absence of fear,’ the Master replies.
‘What is it that we fear?’ the student asks.
‘Love,’ says the Master.

We first must be clear in our own mind and understand that building a solid relationship foundation requires the following qualities that express love.

Communication Tips for Heart Healthy Relationships

Communication Tips for Heart Healthy Relationships

Author: Debra Betterly

Relationship Problems Have Warning Signs

Relationship Problems Have Warning Signs

Author: Abe Kass

Families are made up of individuals; men, women, and children. All members are interconnected. Imagine a family represented by a hanging mobile. Each member is a hanging object. When you tug on one object, it shakes the rest. The same is true in families. Each person’s moods, attitudes and behaviours influences those around him or her.

Depressed, angry or emotionally injured individuals are not islands unto themselves. They impact on everyone around them. Typically, individuals are the way they are because of what is happening (or has happened) between them and other people. For example:

How to Use Humor to Improve Your Relationships

How to Use Humor to Improve Your Relationships

Author: Mike Moore

Humor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can assume that the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases you can be quite certain that the relationship is on the down slide. This laughter barometer can be applied to any relationship at home, at work and at play. Laughter means that you’re having fun and fun means that things are going well.. Take a look at the relationships around you. Do the couples laugh a lot together? Has the laughter stopped in some of your relationships?

The Breakdown of Relationships and Why They Fail

The Breakdown of Relationships and Why They Fail

Author: Jack Crow

All females need sexual tension from a prospective or existing partner to consider having or continuing to have, a physical relationship with them. Lose this from the start and you will become mayor of the friend zone.

Definition of sexual tension - Cocky and funny. A loud mouth, walking the thin line of winding her up without overly offending her. Posing as a challenge and not doing everything she says without a bit of give and take.

No sexual tension = a dead relationship.

Being Mindful of Your Mates Space

Being Mindful of Your Mates Space

Author: Doris Wild Helmering

SOMETIMES I’LL ask a couple I’m seeing in therapy to do the following exercise.

1. The husband and wife stand about six feet apart.

2. The husband walks slowly toward his wife until he reaches a point where he no longer feels comfortable. Some men stop about three feet from their wives. Others stop at 30 inches and still others at 27.

3. The wife now moves toward her husband or steps back from him, depending on how much space she feels she needs between the two of them.

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