Do you and your partner ever dwell on the positive in your relationship? Maybe you should. It’s really easy to dwell on the negative in our personal lives and relationships. The brain is wired to have a...
Category - Relationships
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
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
14 Strategies to Make Repair Attempts in Your Relationship
Couples have challenging times which can include arguments, bad moods, bad behavior and legitimate mistakes. The question is, what follows? How do some couples get through these situations with greater ease than...
Ask Lisa: My boyfriend is playing house with his ex and son
I have been dating my boyfriend for just over a year and a half. He is a wonderful man and father to a nine-year old son. I am crazy about them both. I am a single mother to a two-year old girl. Her father lives in...
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...
Ask Lisa: I broke up, wanted him back – and now I’ve been replaced!
I loved a man intensely, later in life (I am heading into my 40’s). To be honest, he was my first boyfriend. We loved each other a lot, but broke up for various reasons. I initiated it, but 2 months later i...
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...
Ask the Lisa: My boyfriend is having an improper relationship with his therapist
My boyfriend has seen a therapist over the past year for help dealing with some problems that he has has relating to his children. Recently he has disclosed to me that his therapist called him at his home and requested...
