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Relationships
Turning a Fight Into a Connection

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 18, 2025

Learn what a repair tactic is and the ways in which this micro-intervention can de-escalate the worst of arguments with your romantic partner.

Learn what a repair tactic is and the ways in which this micro-intervention can de-escalate the worst of arguments with your romantic partner.

Relationships
10 Research-Backed Habits of High Self-Esteem Couples

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 13, 2025

You don’t have to wait until you feel 100 percent confident to act with self-respect in a relationship. Here's how to show up anyway and let repetition build trust in yourself.

You don’t have to wait until you feel 100 percent confident to act with self-respect in a relationship. Here's how to show up anyway and let repetition build trust in yourself.

Authenticity
How Being Your Real Self Can Save Your Relationship

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on May 22, 2025

Feeling validated, understood, and loved for who we really are is immensely healing and can almost immediately change a mundane interaction into something wonderful.

Feeling validated, understood, and loved for who we really are is immensely healing and can almost immediately change a mundane interaction into something wonderful.

Self-Esteem
New Year…Still You

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on January 10, 2025

If you struggle with low self-esteem, the resolve for a better you may be harmful and actually can keep you stuck. Here are 10 resolutions toward feeling good enough in 2025.

If you struggle with low self-esteem, the resolve for a better you may be harmful and actually can keep you stuck. Here are 10 resolutions toward feeling good enough in 2025.

Attachment
Overcome the Fear of Rejection

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 4, 2024

Take a moment to work on your anxious attachment style so you can be comfortable in your relationships and feel safe, loved, cared for, and protected.

Take a moment to work on your anxious attachment style so you can be comfortable in your relationships and feel safe, loved, cared for, and protected.

Relationships
Are You Reenacting Your Parents’ Marital Conflicts?

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on May 14, 2024

Studies show that experiencing marital conflict as a child makes people more vulnerable to conflict in their adult romantic relationships. Here's how to stop the cycle.

Studies show that experiencing marital conflict as a child makes people more vulnerable to conflict in their adult romantic relationships. Here's how to stop the cycle.

Relationships
How to Stop Internalizing

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on January 25, 2024

Internalizing is pushing away your true self in an effort to keep others content with you, but, in the long run, relationships feel unfulfilling and burdensome.

Internalizing is pushing away your true self in an effort to keep others content with you, but, in the long run, relationships feel unfulfilling and burdensome.

Stress
Are You “Zenning” Out or Numbing Out?

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 7, 2023

Numbing out can leave you feeling more stressed than the day before. To truly recharge, you have to make friends with your body’s stress response.

Numbing out can leave you feeling more stressed than the day before. To truly recharge, you have to make friends with your body’s stress response.

Relationships
On-the-Spot Emotional Expression

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on February 3, 2023

You can spend a tremendous amount of time with someone, even build an entire life together, and yet not really know each other on an intimate level. Here are 4 ways to communicate.

You can spend a tremendous amount of time with someone, even build an entire life together, and yet not really know each other on an intimate level. Here are 4 ways to communicate.

Stress
How to Trust Your Feelings

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on February 1, 2023

It’s common to hear well-meaning helpers telling you to “trust your feelings,” but what does this mean and how can you do it regularly?

It’s common to hear well-meaning helpers telling you to “trust your feelings,” but what does this mean and how can you do it regularly?

Relationships
The Consequences of Not Trusting Your Feelings

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on January 31, 2023

Systematically avoiding your feelings leads to a life unlived, where you find yourself in situations and relationships that don't reflect your deeper sense of self.

Systematically avoiding your feelings leads to a life unlived, where you find yourself in situations and relationships that don't reflect your deeper sense of self.

Decision-Making
5 Keys to Simplify Decision-Making

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on September 29, 2022

Decisions—from the serious to the routine—can make many feel they have a perpetual death grip on the steering wheel of life. Here are 5 steps to making decisions less painful.

Decisions—from the serious to the routine—can make many feel they have a perpetual death grip on the steering wheel of life. Here are 5 steps to making decisions less painful.

Productivity
The Dark Side of Being Goal-Driven

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on September 23, 2022

There is a path to success and productivity that doesn't sacrifice well-being, meaning, and connection. Oftentimes, this path leads to even greater achievement.

There is a path to success and productivity that doesn't sacrifice well-being, meaning, and connection. Oftentimes, this path leads to even greater achievement.

Stress
Stress-Induced Brain Fog

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on September 19, 2022

Stress-induced brain fog means you're overwhelmed and overworked; at the same time, you have this nagging sense that you're not completing important tasks or actualizing your goals.

Stress-induced brain fog means you're overwhelmed and overworked; at the same time, you have this nagging sense that you're not completing important tasks or actualizing your goals.

Caregiving
Overcoming the Caregiver Curse

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 29, 2022

Do you feel used, burdened, or like the life you wanted is no longer possible? Here are strategies for overcoming the caregiver curse.

Do you feel used, burdened, or like the life you wanted is no longer possible? Here are strategies for overcoming the caregiver curse.

Fear
5 Ways to Tell That It's Time for a Relationship to End

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on June 28, 2022

Are you stuck with one foot in and one foot out of your relationship? It’s not the relationship that's keeping you stuck. It’s your denial of the bigger picture.

Are you stuck with one foot in and one foot out of your relationship? It’s not the relationship that's keeping you stuck. It’s your denial of the bigger picture.

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