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Are you ready to be part of the solution by learning how to effectively respond, rather than react, to your spouse’s blaming, criticism, or verbal abuse? It is time for you to realize that if your spouse is repeatedly blaming, criticizing, or verbally abusing you, what you are doing to stop it does not work….
It’s easy to be confused with all the advice on dealing with a spouse’s affair. Here are some principles to help you cut through the false information. Today, I will address the following questions:
Badgering your spouse to end an addiction will do more harm than good. You need to combine love and good boundaries if you want to see things change. Trying to build a relationship with an addicted spouse is frustrating and prone to failure. Just when you think you are making progress, you will find your…
Love and respect go hand in hand. If you want your spouse or partner to love you more, you are going to have to make sure you have earned his or her respect.
Is your spouse resistant to going on dates with you and never satisfied when you do? I want to give you a way to create in your spouse a desire to date you. In my first meeting with clients, I ask three questions that tell me how emotionally connected their marriage is. One is about…
You can get your spouse to change by working on effectively responding to what your spouse is or is not doing If you are like many dissatisfied spouses, you can identify some significant problems that your spouse has. It may be that the only way for your relationship to improve is to somehow get your…
You can learn how to set healthy boundaries with an addicted spouse. Healthy boundaries will not only help your spouse, but they will also make your life and relationship better. With good boundaries, you don’t need to feel like it’s either settling for a bad relationship or divorcing. You don’t have to give up on…
If your spouse has psychological problems, you have to have a balance between taking care of your spouse and taking care of yourself If your spouse has an ongoing psychological problem, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, or OCD, it’s easy to change from being a partner to being a caregiver. And that caring may be…
You absolutely can reconcile even if you have been separated a long time. You will have to take the right steps to prevent in indefinite friendship-only relationship. I often receive email from people who have been separated for anywhere from six months to 5 years. Typically they ask me what the chances are for reconciling…
You will have to confront your cheating spouse with your knowledge of his or her affair if you hope to save your relationship. But, what is the best way to do that? Before confronting your cheating spouse, you need to: 1) know what you want to achieve, 2) anticipate different responses you may get, and…