December 2008
The holiday season is a time when family and relationships come to the forefront of our thoughts. It is a time of celebration, laughter and joy. But it can also be a time of disappointment and even anger when our holiday dreams and expectations do not get met.
Make this a season of extraordinary communication!
August 2008
Are you "accumulating" resentments or misunderstandings with your partner?
Perhaps they are not really about him or her.
Read more...
July 2008
Is consideration a lost art? It seems that a growing focus on one's own individual desires and wants is leading people, especially young people, to be inconsiderate of others in their everyday actions.
How can we put consideration back in relationship?
June 2008
Here's a dilemma: We get into relationships to get what we want, but all it takes to suffer in a relationship is to have it be about you.
How can we resolve that dimemma?
May 2008
The title of the book we are writing is "Happily Ever After ... What?"
See cartoonist Wiley Miller's take on this.
March 2008
Have you fallen into a kind of consistent and automatic way of being in your family and in your relationships, perhaps without even noticing it? Is it consistent with your values? This could matter!
Relatedness Experienced
If relationship is the basic unit of existence in the world, then when we experience being in relationship, we are naturally in sync with the world, and we experience being free, at ease, and fulfilled.
Security in Relationship and Family
Do you spend time wishing for security and certainty in your life? We explore the issue of security in relationships, and certainty as it pertains to parenthood.
The Purpose of Relationship
Around what would we design a purpose for our relationships and family? We found an answer on a school wall.
Games Worth Playing
People play games with each other all the time. Games like "here you go again" and "you always" or "you never". What if instead you designed a new game?
Make the Season Bright
The possibility of a bright and joyful holiday season can be significantly diminished when you lose sight of the fact that your actions and experiences may be determined by your default way of relating to others.
Building Fences
Sometimes, in an attempt to avoid something 'bad' happening in a relationship, we either don't tell or lie about something that happened. When we do that, we have inadvertantly built a fence between ourselves and those we love.