Take What You’ve Got and Be Thankful

The words stung and then floated off into the universe.  I was only in my 20’s, attending a gathering of friends one night when a 4 year old said those seven powerful words to me.  “Take what you’ve got and be thankful.” Wow!  Really?  It’s uncanny, sometimes, what...

Angry Women . . . Passive Men

She practically levitated off my couch.  The anger this woman had been storing for years was spilling out of her and all her husband could do was sink deeper into the sofa.  By the time a couple hits my office, she can contain her frustrations no longer and he is...

Pin The Tail On The Donkey

Are you sick of not getting your needs met?  Do you feel like you have been screaming at the top of your lungs, but your partner claims to have no idea what you want from them?  Do you feel hopeless that this equation will ever right itself?  Let me take a...

Stuffing & Suffering

Are you a Stuffer?  When something bad or unpleasant happens, do you dismiss it, minimize it, or just quit talking about it?  Maybe you try to talk about it, but, when met with resistance from your partner, you just give up?  Or, do you just avoid bringing up things...

Mirror, Mirror

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?  A good person who is kind, generous, and loving?  Do you see a good parent, spouse, son or daughter, employee, friend?  That’s what we all want to see, isn’t it?  It is very natural for us to want people to reflect back...