In Flux

Relationships

5 Ways to Ensure You Find Your Love the Second Time Around

Abigail Brenner M.D. on June 30, 2022

What starts out as love sometimes ends up a disappointing affair. The second time around gives you an opportunity to do it right.

What starts out as love sometimes ends up a disappointing affair. The second time around gives you an opportunity to do it right.

Relationships

5 Reasons It's Better to Be Friends Before Lovers

Abigail Brenner M.D. on May 31, 2022

Attraction and sexual connection are easy. Sustained commitment demands much more. Friendship offers a solid foundation for a loving relationship.

Attraction and sexual connection are easy. Sustained commitment demands much more. Friendship offers a solid foundation for a loving relationship.

Family Dynamics

5 Strategies to Cope With Toxic Family Members

Abigail Brenner M.D. on April 28, 2022

While blood may be thicker than water, relatives that bleed you with their toxic behavior may need to be limited or totally cut off for your own health and sanity.

While blood may be thicker than water, relatives that bleed you with their toxic behavior may need to be limited or totally cut off for your own health and sanity.

Self-Help

7 Steps to Create a Roadmap for Your Life

Abigail Brenner M.D. on March 30, 2022

Knowing how to navigate through change is a great tool to help us manage our lives.

Knowing how to navigate through change is a great tool to help us manage our lives.

Self-Help

5 Strategies to Navigate Any Situation Successfully

Abigail Brenner M.D. on February 28, 2022

Developing the ability to navigate through a range of challenges will help you become more confident and capable of creating the life you want.

Developing the ability to navigate through a range of challenges will help you become more confident and capable of creating the life you want.

Anger

7 Ways Couples Can Argue More Constructively

Abigail Brenner M.D. on January 16, 2022

Teaching people early in life how to listen and how to discuss differences constructively should be part of some kind of educational curriculum. It would be a game-changer.

Teaching people early in life how to listen and how to discuss differences constructively should be part of some kind of educational curriculum. It would be a game-changer.

Self-Help

7 Ways to Improve Your Life Now

Abigail Brenner M.D. on December 31, 2021

We resolve to make changes but often they're left by the wayside. Thinking about your life in an holistic way helps you to organize the real changes you want to make.

We resolve to make changes but often they're left by the wayside. Thinking about your life in an holistic way helps you to organize the real changes you want to make.

Grief

7 Ways to Cope After the End of a Relationship

Abigail Brenner M.D. on November 21, 2021

So you thought this was "it," your forever and always one. Sometimes the rug is pulled out from under our feet and we must deal with the loss of the one and the ending of a relationship.

So you thought this was "it," your forever and always one. Sometimes the rug is pulled out from under our feet and we must deal with the loss of the one and the ending of a relationship.

Self-Help

The Question Is: What Do I Want?

Abigail Brenner M.D. on October 29, 2021

We're often programmed to consider others' needs and forget to include what we want personally. We need to know ourselves first, what we want, before we can help others.

We're often programmed to consider others' needs and forget to include what we want personally. We need to know ourselves first, what we want, before we can help others.

Jealousy

4 Signs That a Relationship Could Become Dangerous

Abigail Brenner M.D. on September 29, 2021

When a loving relationship turns into codependency and the need to control another's behavior, you've got an unhealthy relationship.

When a loving relationship turns into codependency and the need to control another's behavior, you've got an unhealthy relationship.

Relationships

5 Ways to Avoid Drama

Abigail Brenner M.D. on August 15, 2021

Life is exciting enough without unnecessary drama. So why do some people seek it out?

Life is exciting enough without unnecessary drama. So why do some people seek it out?

Relationships

10 Ways to Keep a Relationship Going Strong

Abigail Brenner M.D. on July 30, 2021

Getting the love you want by practicing mindfulness and respect.

Getting the love you want by practicing mindfulness and respect.

Relationships

5 Ways to Tell That It's Love and Not Just Infatuation

Abigail Brenner M.D. on June 27, 2021

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love takes hard work.

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love takes hard work.

So your first relationship failed. Having a happier relationship the second time is not just about finding somebody else. Learning from your mistakes will ensure a better outcome.

Self-Help

5 Tips to Help You Respectfully Agree to Disagree

Abigail Brenner M.D. on April 28, 2021

Sometimes we disagree with someone on a key topic. Engaging respectfully is the key to agreeing to agree or agreeing to disagree.

Sometimes we disagree with someone on a key topic. Engaging respectfully is the key to agreeing to agree or agreeing to disagree.

Relationships

7 Ways to Mend a Broken Heart

Abigail Brenner M.D. on March 30, 2021

Suffering a broken heart is one of the most devastating events in a person's life. Gaining insight into what happened will help you make better choices in the future.

Suffering a broken heart is one of the most devastating events in a person's life. Gaining insight into what happened will help you make better choices in the future.

Is your relationship all it can be? Has it gotten stale? Have you gotten lazy? Here are a few things you can begin today to bring back that spark and excitement you once had.

Sometimes things go wrong in your life. After a while, you start to think that you're the problem. These strategies can help you turn your life around.

Self-Help

5 Reasons Why It's Important to Let Go of the Past

Abigail Brenner M.D. on December 25, 2020

Letting go of the past is often hard to do—all of the expectations, hopes, and dreams that won't happen. But letting go is essential to change and that is what life is all about.

Letting go of the past is often hard to do—all of the expectations, hopes, and dreams that won't happen. But letting go is essential to change and that is what life is all about.

Relationships

5 Ways to Tell That Your Partner Is the Right One

Abigail Brenner M.D. on November 22, 2020

It may seem easy to fall in love with one special person. But is it the right person? The right one is not only partner and lover, but best friend and companion.

It may seem easy to fall in love with one special person. But is it the right person? The right one is not only partner and lover, but best friend and companion.