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10 ways to connect with your partner

10 Ways to Connect with Your Partner

By Jerry / July 15, 2019 / Comments Off on 10 Ways to Connect with Your Partner

Couples complain frequently in our private couples therapy retreat that they’ve grown distant. They find themselves living parallel lives under the same roof. They’re lost in routines and TV. If this sounds like you, you are probably wanting to learn ways to connect with your partner. Lost is the simple joy of being together and…

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How Does An Unhappy Marriage Affect You?

By Mary Ellen Goggin / July 8, 2019 / Comments Off on How Does An Unhappy Marriage Affect You?

Therapists are trained to read between the lines, to watch and listen for signs that something painful may be lurking beneath the surface. So, when someone asks, “How does an unhappy marriage affect you?” we ask more questions than we answer. No matter what your marriage looks like, you know that you and your partner…

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How To Communicate More With Your Spouse

By Mary Ellen Goggin / June 25, 2019 / Comments Off on How To Communicate More With Your Spouse

Everything about relationships seems to come back to communication. There’s the verbal, the non-verbal, the implied, the assumed, the implicit. And, if you’re not paying attention, there are the proverbial ships that pass in the night. Learning how to communicate more with your spouse is the most important effort you can make to keep your…

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What Happens At A Marriage Retreat

By Mary Ellen Goggin / June 10, 2019 / Comments Off on What Happens At A Marriage Retreat

By the time a married couple considers therapy, the spouses are usually trying to save or repair their marriage. Couples therapy is often the first outreach, in part because its format is familiar to most people. One hour a week for several months (maybe years), a comfortable office with couches and chairs, a therapist with…

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7 Tips On How To Communicate With Your Spouse In A More Compassionate Way

By Mary Ellen Goggin / May 24, 2019 / Comments Off on 7 Tips On How To Communicate With Your Spouse In A More Compassionate Way

Marriage challenges us to learn about the ways our most reflexive communicative patterns and habits might be getting in the way of relationship harmony. And nothing is more consistently challenging than communicating responsibly in the face of intense emotions. If you are married, the stakes are high for you to learn how to communicate with…

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Why Stay In An Unhappy Marriage Instead Of Getting Divorced?

By Mary Ellen Goggin / March 22, 2019 / Comments Off on Why Stay In An Unhappy Marriage Instead Of Getting Divorced?

From bliss to boredom, from soaring hopes and dreams to wondering why you ever got married. You may be asking, “Why stay in an unhappy marriage instead of getting divorced?” You may even have one foot out the door. Plenty of couples stay in marriages that look miserable from both the inside and the outside.…

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How To Get Your Spouse To Communicate With You

By Mary Ellen Goggin / March 18, 2019 / Comments Off on How To Get Your Spouse To Communicate With You

You talk about work. You talk about the kids. You talk about rush-hour traffic. But you don’t know how to get your spouse to communicate with you about things that make you a couple. You live in the same home, sleep in the same bed, share the same anniversary. And yet, your communication has lost…

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6 Tips For Surviving Infidelity As The Cheater & Making Your Marriage Work

By Mary Ellen Goggin / March 13, 2019 / Comments Off on 6 Tips For Surviving Infidelity As The Cheater & Making Your Marriage Work

If you have had an affair, you may still be in a conundrum of guilt, shame, and indecisiveness. Surviving infidelity as the cheater rarely elicits empathy or help from his/her circle of influence. That outreach is usually reserved for the betrayed. It’s difficult to get an accurate count of just how many people cheat on…

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