How to Receive an Apology
For most partners, it is equally difficult and uncomfortable to receive an apology as it is to offer an apology! Offering and receiving apologies is an art and requires learning a few simple skills and practicing those skills often. 8 Simple Steps to Receive an...
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How to Offer an Apology
For most of us, offering an apology feels awkward or uncomfortable. For one thing, we don’t have a lot of practice. For another thing, the concept of apologizing is often associated with being “bad” or “wrong.” Does this concept match for you? I invite you to consider...
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Your Real Apology is an Act of Loving Kindness
In the course of your relationship, you and your partner will occasionally do or say something or not do or say something that will cause each other hurt. The very act of apologizing is an essential relationship success skill that calls on both partners to offer and...
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My Top 10 Tips to help you say what you mean and mean what you say.
Most of us know how to speak. Many of us have never learned how to communicate. Recognize that clear, accurate and understandable verbal and non-verbal language is essential for a successful, happy and lasting marriage. Top 10 Tips to Communicate Clearly and...
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How r-e-a-d-y are you to live your best love-life with your partner?
We take ourselves with us wherever we go…especially into love relationships. A successful, committed relationship depends on you being ready… Physically Emotionally Financially Legally Spiritually … to live the life that you love with the love of your life and have...
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Gratitude Is Deliberate and Intentional
There is no limit to what you don’t have, and if that is where you put your focus, then your life will inevitably be filled with endless dissatisfaction. Most people focus so heavily on the deficiencies in their lives that they barely perceive the good that...
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5 Simple (not easy) Steps to Forever
The nature and structure of a committed love relationship is related to the agreements and commitments each partner makes to the relationship—not to each other—to the relationship! Agreements and commitments are actually behaviors driven by values that serve to...
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Let’s talk about families today.
We often talk about being a couple as a closed system: CoupleWork™, CoupleSkills™ and CoupleTalk™. The fact of the matter is, we are a part of our larger families; part of the people we love and enjoy; and the people who are upset with us from...
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How Do You Move On From Past BIG, Bad Behavior (that you regret)?
The good news is that none of us is perfect. The bad news is that some of us did and said really hurtful, uncaring, upsetting, and careless things - in the past. And in the present, we recognize it; we feel awful, and it matters that we hurt you. Can you relate? You...
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Secrets to Finding the Treasures Inside Your Relationship
The past several weeks you’ve been using the Personal Reflection tool to become more aware of the treasures that lie inside you and inside your partner. Today, I’m going to invite you to use this powerful tool one more time to become aware of the treasures that lie...
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