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It is my belief that awareness is one of the key parts of creating the life you want and empowering you to do so. In the following writing I will attempt to elaborate and expand on these three points of awareness to give another perspective on how to assess for personally defined happiness. [More]

The first thing you need to realize is that you are human and it is completely natural for human beings to be emotionally or physically attracted to each other. Just because you’re exclusive or have said “I do” does not turn off your hormones, or blind your eyes to people that you find attractive, amusing or flirtatious. So, if you’re beating yourself up about this attraction, you can stop. [More]

Many people counting down to retirement think of having no alarm clock and no "written-in-stone" schedule, but they fail to consider one thing. Their spouse. Their spouse who retired earlier. [More]

Alone time is therapeutic; however, if you wait to ask for some space until you get sick or completely exhausted, your marriage may suffer. Taking care of yourself (sometimes referred to as self-care) is necessary to your health and sanity, as well as to your relationships. Nobody wins if the individuals of a couple don't take care of themselves and fulfill their needs for alone time. [More]

As the years go by, you may feel like your spouse or partner no longer feels that you are attractive or significant. In fact, you may feel like just about everything and everybody else is far more appealing than you are in your spouse's or partner's world. These other things can include work, hobbies, friends, and coworkers, to name a few. If you are feeling a lack of connection with your spouse or partner, there are things you can do to catch their attention and make yourself more available. [More]

Have you ever noticed how easy it can sometimes be for people in long-term relationships to fall into the habit of picking on the little things that can irritate or criticizing things that should probably be left alone when. It can happen when you’ve become comfortable after so many years together. [More]

Whether you are working with people who have experienced trauma or you have experienced it yourself, it is helpful to understand some of the changes that you might witness. [More]

Relationships experience varying degrees of health. The survival of the relationship is totally dependent upon the willingness and ability of the two people involved to nurture, grow, develop and protect it. [More]

Part of the traditional marriage vows indicate a partner's willingness to remain together in sickness and in health. So, could getting married to remain healthy as good of a reason to tie the knot as love? [More]

Emotionally focused therapy proposes that emotions themselves have an innately adaptive potential that, if activated, can help clients change problematic emotional states or unwanted self-experiences. Emotions themselves do not inhibit the therapeutic process, but people’s perception is seen as the challenge that creates stuck-ness. [More]