Every Day, Take Action

Marriage isn’t always rainbows and butterflies. But what do you do when married life hands you a load of junk? Start with a deep breath … own your own junk, then find a suitable sized box to pack up the rest. Married life isn’t always sunny Last...

You Can Not Not Communicate

The number one issue voiced by most couples is, “We have trouble communicating.” It’s a common complaint. And many couples think they would benefit from some communication training. Many seem to think if they could better express themselves or if their spouse would...

Fire Your Marketing Department

In the video above Esther Perel eloquently explains why desire is so difficult to sustain in a long-term relationship, mainly because eroticism exists in the space between two people. To add to this conversation, what if the difficulty of defining this space is...

I wish you would stop …

Every marriage, every relationship, is fraught with perpetual problems and issues. It’s common that I will counsel a couple for several sessions, they reach their desired goals, and leave with renewed hope and energy for the marriage – then come back several years...

The Pitfalls Of We Speak

In the 1940s a relatively unknown psychiatrist named Helmuth Kaiser wrote about a figure skating performance by identical twins he witnessed as a young boy. It wasn’t the impeccably choreographed performance that caught his attention, it was the mesmerized...