This article originally appeared on Dr. Wally website Imagine that my wife Nancy has been in hard labor for hour after long hour through an entire night and most of the next day. I am by her side trying to comfort her. She is exhausted from relentless and inexpressible pain. Image that she groans, “I …
This article originally appeared on Dr. Wally blog Two amazing people were struggling in their marriage. In desperation, they went to see a therapist. He told them to go home and each spend the week until their next visit creating a list of frustrations with their partner. He promised to help them discuss those frustrations …
This article originally appeared on the Gottman Relationship Blog Children, just like adults, benefit greatly from consistent and deliberate self-care activities. Even if they are not currently stressed or upset, teaching kids to regularly take care of themselves will help ensure that they have the skills to manage future stressors in healthy and effective ways. …
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This article originally appeared on the Gottman Relationship Blog Today on the Gottman Relationship Blog, we continue the discussion of Manage Conflict by introducing Dr. Gottman’s six skills of conflict management. Many of us connect all too well with comedian Mitch Hedberg’s feelings when he quips, “I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside …
If you’re familiar at all with Brené Brown, you’ll understand why I say, “I HATE VULNERABILITY!” Just kidding. Sort of. Vulnerability, says Brown, is the key to human connection, “our ability to empathize, belong, love.” If you missed her groundbreaking TEDxHouston talk in June 2010, here’s the link. I’m going to be vulnerable in this post, …
“Laughter is always the best medicine,” they say. “Laugh, and the world laughs with you,” said American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. “Weep, and you weep alone.” Why do these statements ring true even when we face such great hardship and overwhelming sorrow in life? Maybe it’s because life can be so hard. Maybe laughter is …
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