We would not be human if we didn’t make mistakes. In a relationship, when two people are navigating the complexities of each others feelings (as well as their own), mistakes are inevitable. How many times in...
Category - Healthy Relationships
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Men, Why Empathy in Relationships Matters and How you Can Step it Up
Richard Nicastro, PhD breaks down empathy for men, an important aspect of emotional safety and healthy communication. Empathy is one of the cornerstones of healthy, happy and connected relationships. But for women...
Your Early Relationship with Mom and Your Intimate Adult Relationships
“The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood — way earlier than you may think. That is one message of a review of the literature in Current Directions in...
How to Encourage Your Partner to Take Better Care of Themselves While Strengthening Your Relationship
You are on the fit track, eating healthy, and working on being the best you can be. You would love nothing more than to have your partner on this journey with you. In fact, when they aren’t on the same page, things can...
Joy Nordenstrom, CMM, MBA
Key Insights | Quick Tip to Assess the Quality of Your Relationship Right Now
Many people are clear about what a “healthy relationship” looks and feels like. But some are not, particularly if they’ve had a history that hasn’t demonstrated this for them to see. If you...
5 Expert Tips to Improve the Communication in Your Relationship
Whether you’re in a new dating relationship, engaged or married for years, one of the fundamental elements of a solid relationship foundation is communication. The following tips can only help to improve...
Mindfulness and Keeping it Real in Relationships
Marsha Lucas, PhD digs into the importance of mindfulness (vs anger) in relationships, allowing us not only more healthy communication, but to be able to respond to difficult interactions with more resilience and grace...
Marsha Lucas, PhD
The Benefits of a Secure Attachment
Your early attachment to your parents or primary caregivers is one of the important elements setting the stage for your emotional and relationship health as an adult. Your past truly does matter as the quality of your...
11 Secrets of Happy Couples
What makes a happy couple? You probably know a few of them. They may be friends of yours or a couple you’re aquainted with – and they always seem to be happy. What’s their secret? How do they do it...
4 “Must-Knows” for a Happy, Healthy and Connected Relationship
After attending the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DC, I came away with some very important and research supported “tidbits” from some of the top thinkers in couples and relationship health...
