How My Attitude Prevents Expressing Feelings
Attitudes in Relationships – This is the first part of a five-part series on relationships. The series will follow a fictional couple, Megan and Justin,...
Simplicity In Communicating: Become Better Understood
Simplicity In Communicating – Communicating is about the message a speaker (sender) transmits and the message a listener (receiver) understands. It is a verbal give...
Nonverbal Communications: What Is Not Being Said Is Important
Nonverbal Communications – Have you ever been to a family gathering with a significant other, maybe a birthday party or a big Thanksgiving gathering? You...
Do You Know The 3 Types of Stress?
Types of Stress – Sometimes your behavior has more to do with your responses to your environment than you realize. This is not an excuse...
Do You Know 5 Useful Facts About Feelings?
Feelings – Feelings are a reaction to stimuli. Feelings can be physically felt, for example, heart palpitations and a flushed face. Feelings tend to be...
Defense Mechanisms: Simple Reasons We Use Them
What Are Defense Mechanisms? Defense mechanisms are your unconscious thoughts that provide you with emotional distance from your unpleasant feelings. For example, if you are...
What are 10 Simple Barriers to Communication?
Communication – Communication with other people is based on sending and receiving messages. These messages are traditionally sent and received based on a combination of:•...
Marriage – The Truth About 4 Stressful Critical Cycles
Stressful Cycles in Marriage – If you have been reading my blogs, you probably realize I talk a lot about relationships and stress. Relationships relearned!...
Emotional Baggage And Successful Relationships
An example of the types of emotions that could become baggage. Emotional Baggage Definition of emotional baggage: The feelings you have about your past and...
Are You Angry? How To Understand Your Anger
A non-verbal display of anger by the eyes. My Anger and How to Understand it Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.) had an interesting quote about anger:...