Tag: Marriage

No one ever said relationships are easy 100% of the time and there are obvious ways that you can self-sabotage your relationship. Joining the lives of two people is almost always an exercise in patience, trust, and honesty which aren't traits that come easily to everyone. In fact, many of us engage in habits that can be damaging to our relationships oftentimes without even knowing it. Which is, of course, totally human. As long as you learn from your mistakes and make an effort to change, they aren't usually the end of the world. However, if you make relationship mistakes on the regular (think lying, cheating, keeping secrets) and make zero effort to clean up your ways, you can reasonably expect the whole thing to go up in smoke. In order to have a healthy thing going on, you'...

I've not really taken time to talk about Love languages even though it's actually one of my favorite relationship topics… I tell couples in relationships who come to me for counseling that discovering your partnerʼs love language is the first step to having a happy, healthy and successful Relationship. Imagine two people each speaking their native language excitedly to each other without either person understanding the other. That's what I would call a conversation of the deaf. The scenario is ironic because conversations about the importance of communication in relationships are not likely to end anytime soon, especially as it relates to speaking the love language of your partner. Even the most compatible couples quickly run into trouble when they fail to communicate properly. After...