Category Archives: Relationships

Relationships offer us our greatest challenge and most powerful arena for emotional and spiritual growth. No matter how much inner work we have done individually, our control issues coming from our fears of rejection and engulfment will surface in our relationships when there is conflict.

When You Love Yourself, You Let Others Off the Hook

Frequently, when I start to work with a new client, they believe that loving their self is selfish. Nothing could be further from the truth. A more accurate definition of selfish is expecting others to give themselves up and do for you what you can and need to be doing for yourself. Letting Others Off...

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What Will Love Give You?

What are your beliefs about what another’s love will give to you? Did you grow up believing that if only someone REALLY loved you in the way you needed to be loved, then you would feel happy, safe, lovable and worthy? Certainly being truly loved by parents goes a long way toward supporting children in...

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What Does Having Sex Mean to You?

I’ve been counseling individuals and couples for many years. More than half the time, when couples are having problems or the relationship is dissolving, sex is one of the major issues. There are a number of common scenarios: After a long marriage with regular sex, he comes home to discover that his wife has left....

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Are you Inspiring or Gloomy?

Do you inspire others with your caring energy, or do you bring others down with your misery? “You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.” –Julia Child,...

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How do you Make Others Responsible for Your Painful Feelings?

We have all learned many ways of trying to avoid or get rid of our painful feelings. Many of these ways are fairly obvious: addictions to substances and activities, staying in your mind rather than in your body, or judging yourself. Another major way we avoid or try to get rid of our painful feelings...

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