Ouch. You suffered a painful breakup and have been mourning the loss of what you thought would be and the heartfelt crush of an ego bruise. Like for many others, it can hurt! If you’ve lost someone who you felt...
Category - Healthy Relationships
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
#TheToolbox Best of Emotional Health and Relationships 2019
As we sail into 2020, it’s not to late to reflect a bit on what has passed. As I do every year, here are the “best of” in emotional health and relationships, the most viewed content in...
Relational Intelligence
Linda Graham, MFT and author of Resilience and Bouncing Back, looks at the two pillars of healthy social connections and provides exercises in how to cultivate them. I regularly experience the power of wisely...
Linda Graham, MFT
The Single Biggest Happiness Predictor in Relationships
This recent study demonstrates what may be intuitive for some but what’s even more helpful is the Inc.com author’s segue into “what to do about it” if you don’t have this attribute in your...
Give No One Cause to Fear You
Rick Hanson, PhD, author and expert on the neuroscience of well-being and relationships, looks at some of the ways we can behave to illicit a calm vs threat response from others. We evolved to be afraid. The ancient...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Your Friends Are a Predictor of Your Health
Health is a focus for many and there are different aspects from what we put into our bodies to how well we keep them moving. And there are precise ways to measure these things, providing detailed data and insight into...
How to Be a Better Friend
Human connection can be powerful, meaningful and is much needed. We are wired to connect with others yet there are different types of connections, some seeking closer proximity and others surface level. Consider the...
Making a Long Distance Relationship Work, Sam and Monica Style
This piece was written a number of years ago. A lot has happened in the world since, especially in 2020. I periodically check in via their social media channels to see where they are and I was delighted to see their...
Healthy Marriage: Are You Allowing Your Spouse to “Be?”
Think back to the day you were married. How did you feel about your partner? If you’re like many couples, you were possibly smitten, filled with exuberance and high on the love drugs being released in your...
Should Marriage Make You Happy or is Happiness an Inside Job?
Richard Nicastro, PhD looks at finding “meaning over merriment” in marriage and challenges us to monitor our expectations that marriage “should” bring happiness. Is happiness better found...
Richard Nicastro, PhD