Rediscovering Love

Relationships

Does Keeping You Mean Losing Me?

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on August 15, 2022

Are you in danger of losing yourself to stay in a relationship? There are five recognizable stages that will help you to recognize how you are handling this potential dilemma.

Are you in danger of losing yourself to stay in a relationship? There are five recognizable stages that will help you to recognize how you are handling this potential dilemma.

Relationships

7 Positive Signs That a Relationship Will Last

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on July 29, 2022

Here are the seven most common transformations I see in relationships headed for long-term success.

Here are the seven most common transformations I see in relationships headed for long-term success.

Religion

8 Ways Families of Origin Can Disrupt a New Relationship

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on July 14, 2022

Partners seeking a successful long-term relationship often do not realize how much of an obstacle their extended families can become.

Partners seeking a successful long-term relationship often do not realize how much of an obstacle their extended families can become.

Mating

5 Keys to Dating Re-Entry

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on June 30, 2022

It's not easy to catapult yourself out of lethargy and insecurity and reenter the dating world. These 5 tips could help.

It's not easy to catapult yourself out of lethargy and insecurity and reenter the dating world. These 5 tips could help.

Relationships

Why Some People Are Drawn to Harmful Relationships

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on June 17, 2022

Intense love and anguishing sorrow make a painful relationship combination.

Intense love and anguishing sorrow make a painful relationship combination.

Trauma

5 Reasons Why a Partner Might Withdraw

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on May 27, 2022

Have you ever witnessed a partner’s predictive behavioral patterns shift without warning or explanation? These are some common reasons why.

Have you ever witnessed a partner’s predictive behavioral patterns shift without warning or explanation? These are some common reasons why.

Fear

9 Ways to Tell if a Struggling Relationship Can Heal

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on May 13, 2022

In a troubled relationship, signs of hope often show up in actions, voice intonations, facial expressions, and behaviors that are almost imperceptible.

In a troubled relationship, signs of hope often show up in actions, voice intonations, facial expressions, and behaviors that are almost imperceptible.

Relationships

How Some People Keep Sabotaging Their Own Relationships

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on April 29, 2022

Many people ask me why most of their relationships begin with great promise but fall apart over time. Here are some common reasons.

Many people ask me why most of their relationships begin with great promise but fall apart over time. Here are some common reasons.

Grief

Grieving Separately: A Dangerous Relationship Chasm

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on April 15, 2022

The more a couple understands both their past and present personal and relationship reactions to loss, the more they can accurately predict each other’s grieving.

The more a couple understands both their past and present personal and relationship reactions to loss, the more they can accurately predict each other’s grieving.

Relationships

7 Reasons Why People Stay in Unhappy Relationships

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on March 31, 2022

Can’t change you, can’t live with you, can’t leave you.

Can’t change you, can’t live with you, can’t leave you.

Relationships

9 Ways Couples Can Fix Broken Communication

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on March 15, 2022

These nine steps can help relationship partners communicate more effectively as they learn the skills of listening.

These nine steps can help relationship partners communicate more effectively as they learn the skills of listening.

Parenting

How Partners Engage in Symbolic Parenting of Each Other

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on February 28, 2022

The 5 steps couples must take to add this critical skill that enables them to be there fully for each other in times of stress.

The 5 steps couples must take to add this critical skill that enables them to be there fully for each other in times of stress.

Relationships

"I’ll Never Be Enough": Living With a Critical Partner

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on February 15, 2022

What causes people who are often confident in their other relationships to stay in those in which their self-worth is constantly attacked?

What causes people who are often confident in their other relationships to stay in those in which their self-worth is constantly attacked?

Relationships

6 Relationship Myths People Need to Reject

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on January 31, 2022

When people envision their "perfect" relationship, they're often envisioning something that can't or shouldn't exist.

When people envision their "perfect" relationship, they're often envisioning something that can't or shouldn't exist.

Trauma

How a Partner's Past Trauma Can Disrupt a Relationship

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on January 14, 2022

Eight steps to identify emerging trauma and how current partners can work together to transform it.

Eight steps to identify emerging trauma and how current partners can work together to transform it.

Loneliness

A New Kind of Loneliness

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on December 31, 2021

Even when they are able to interact with those they know well, many people still feel a different kind of entrapment in the midst of the pandemic.

Even when they are able to interact with those they know well, many people still feel a different kind of entrapment in the midst of the pandemic.

Relationships

Are You in Love with a Person Who Is Self-Destructing?

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on December 16, 2021

Partners of people living with addictions or other compulsions often hold on to moments of authentic connection and try to keep their partners sober as long as they can.

Partners of people living with addictions or other compulsions often hold on to moments of authentic connection and try to keep their partners sober as long as they can.

Relationships

Boomerang Relationships

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on November 30, 2021

8 common reasons why some relationship seekers continually switch from one kind of partner to another.

8 common reasons why some relationship seekers continually switch from one kind of partner to another.

Relationships

4 Reasons Someone Might Pretend Not to Need Anyone

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on November 15, 2021

Here are the four most common reasons why people who crave love and affection cannot share those desires.

Here are the four most common reasons why people who crave love and affection cannot share those desires.

Relationships

Can a Dying Love Be Reignited?

Randi Gunther Ph.D. on October 29, 2021

Is your relationship worth saving? Read about the seven variables and questions that contain crucial information that will help both of you make the decision.

Is your relationship worth saving? Read about the seven variables and questions that contain crucial information that will help both of you make the decision.