Are Rules Of Return In A Relationship Important?
Scenario: You found out your significant other has been cheating with a co-worker. You immediately separate. Your significant other has apologized Your significant other says...
Reasons Why Victims of Domestic Abuse Stay
Victims of domestic abuse can see the world through a different lens than others do. For 40+ years I have worked in the field of...
YOLO Is Making The Best Of Life
So What is YOLO? You Only Live Once. There is no coincidence that YOLO is the topic for the last Relationship Relearned blog of 2022....
Dividing Your Emotional Pie Energy
What is an “emotional pie”? An emotional pie is a visual that I developed many years ago. What I have found over the last 40...
The Difference Of Being Alone Or Lonely
Since the start of the pandemic there has been a lot of discussion about people feeling alone and about people feeling lonely. Divisive politics especially...
Elections: 15 Helpful Tips to Manage the Hysteria
It has happened again. There has been another contentious, divisive election. No one really “wins”. Because whatever candidate or party won or lost on November...
(BIP) Batterers Intervention Program And Important Paper Dolls Exercise
In the 1960s and 1970s paper dolls were popular. They consisted of a paper image of a man or a woman and there would be...
Excuses Batterers Will Use For Being Abusive
Domestic abuse is not about losing control, but a systematic method of asserting and maintaining power and control over a current or former intimate partner...
Jealousy vs Envy – What You Need To Know
Your next door neighbor pulls into their driveway in a brand new black Mustang convertible. You rush over to your neighbor as they are getting...
Guilt vs Shame – Why It’s Important To Understand
In everyday communication, the words guilt and shame are frequently used interchangeably. Do they really mean the same thing? No. “I am a terrible person.”...