Is Emotional Cut-Off Damaging Your Relationships?

Is emotional cut-off damaging your relationships?  Maybe it is, but you don’t even realize that you are doing it! Emotional cut-off is an all too common, primitive mechanism we use to deal with a mass of pain that we can’t handle.  It is both unhealthy and ineffective...

Why Couples Can’t Communicate

So many couples entering marriage counseling cite  communication as their chief complaint.  The problem isn’t that they can’t communicate.  The problem is they have stopped communicating with each other.  Here are some things we do that keep us from having productive...

How Cookies Damage Your Relationship

This week I made an interesting connection about how cookies damage our relationships!  These are not your standard chocolate chip or snickerdoodle variety, however, these cookies are a bit different, but they have a significant impact on our relationships! The kind...

2 Communication Elements That Work Like Magic

What 2 elements does communication need in order for it to work?  Couples always come in saying their problem is “communication” – and that is A problem, but it is not THE problem.  THE problem is that they cannot communicate without 2 crucial elements. . . HUMILITY –...