How to Practice Validating Oth...

Jan 16, 2023 by

Validating another person means that you recognize and accept the other person’s thoughts, feelings, sensations and behaviors as...

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Three Ways to Give Your Life M...

Jan 18, 2022 by

These days, we are all struggling a little because of the pandemic, the economy, and whatever other personal stressors we may be...

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Emotional or Attentional Bids

May 29, 2021 by

John and Julie Gottman, who founded the Gottman Institute in Seattle, WA have written about fundamental units of emotional...

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How to Relieve Stress in the F...

May 18, 2020 by

  Even short moments of connecting to an internal sense of calm and safety will be beneficial during this testing time....

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“Open Ended”

Apr 11, 2020 by

If I jump into this space before me, will I find the ground? The ground for hope? The ground for gratitude? The ground for...

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Healthy Marriage and Relations...

Mar 8, 2019 by

Some people have an idealized version of relational love in their minds.  Even if they come from a home where there is conflict and...

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