Stronger at the Broken Places

How challenges can strengthen your relationship

Linda and Charlie Bloom

Compassion Deepens Our love

Many people have experienced a significant degree of emotional injuries in their early lives.

Inspiration From Older Women

We can all learn from Sadie.

In Relationships, Challenges Need to Be Endured and Mastered

Becoming "the right person" — a more loving person.

Intimate Connection Is the Center of the Wheel

When we appreciate the importance of our romantic partnership, we can see that it is the center of the wheel.

The 25 Statements Necessary for Relationship Success 

In my 55 years as a coach, I have discovered that most misunderstandings are preventable if people can master what I call “the 25 statements necessary for relationship success.”

Well-Stocked Base Camp

Just like the well-prepared climbers, those in successful partnerships have a fully supplied base camp to embark on their adventures...

How Incompletions Can Sink the Ship of Your Relationship

Consider the story of the dried beans on the cargo ship.

The Lone Ranger Opens His Heart

George was the oldest of four children. His father lived in the home, but he didn’t have much of a relationship with the kids...

Strong Support to Grow a Great Relationship

In some cultures, the approach to differences in a marriage is simply to bring to bear whatever personal, family, community, and ritual resources are necessary.

Loving Touch Expressed

“The human-animal is a social species, capable of loving and greatly in need of being loved.”

Friendships Give Strength to Our Partnership

It takes a great toll on our primary relationship if our partner is the only person we turn to.

We Are All Wounded Healers

We are attracted to people for many different reasons, some of them conscious and many of them unconscious.

Are You a Good Wife?

“How can I be a better wife?” Those who are not legally married, yet are in a committed partnership, are also guided by this question.

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

"The heart that loves is always young." –Greek proverb

Did I Marry the Right Guy?

It’s natural and normal to have doubts from time to time, even strong ones, about whether one chose the right marital partner.

Fulfillment Spilling Over

"We cannot do great things; we can only do small things with great love." –Mother Theresa 

Time Travel in Your Imagination

There is a little game that I play that helps me gain a better perspective on my present situation. I call it 'Time travel.'

A Fine Addition to Our Spiritual Practice

The gifted spiritual teacher Ram Dass taught about relationships as a yogic practice for years.

Making Meaning from Our Suffering

While a pain-free life is not an option for anyone, it is possible to craft a life in which pain can become a source of greater strength, compassion, and wisdom.

Being Loved "As Is"

The most successful relationships are those where both partners feel they are with someone who they can depend on and who accepts them.

"I Love You" Means "When I’m With You, I’m Loving Myself"

How to reverse a negative cycle.

'I Don't Trust You' Really Means 'I Don't Trust Me'

"I just don't trust him anymore. There's no point in our even trying to work things out until he shows me that I can trust him."

Revenge Is Its Own Punishment

Can exes overcome vindictiveness?

The Myth of Togetherness

There is a strong message coming from the larger culture that a couple will be happiest when they share interests and activities.

Give Your Partner a Joy Jolt

Becoming an expert on our partner is not only about not causing harm, but also to heal them from past wounds.

Myth: You Can’t Love Someone Until You Love Yourself

There is a kernel of truth in the notion that to be eligible for a deeply loving relationship, you must love yourself.

The Myth of Unconditional Love

Some people have a mistaken understanding of unconditional love...

Ordinary Heroes

During the pandemic, we have a heightened awareness of those who are keeping the country going in the midst of challenging circumstances.

Personal Disarmament

The inability to handle the differences around common issues like money, work, children, in-laws, and how we spend our leisure time, takes relationships down...

Personal Disarmament

There comes a time when the pain of the power struggle becomes so exhausting and unpleasant that we are motivated to find another way.

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