What Is Your Love Language?
Has it ever dawned on you that your partner may not experience love the same way you do? If you have been together a while, you may have figured this out by now. Lest there be any doubt, a great...
View ArticleSurprising marriage lesson from a palm tree climber – it’s not pruning
I am writing from Hawaii, Ellyn’s and my favorite place to reorganize, reprioritize, and regenerate. I was walking back to our unit and stopped to watch a gardener climb a very tall and quite thin...
View ArticleThe Labyrinth of Love – The Path to a Soulful Relationship
By Chelsea Wakefield, PhD, LCSW Chelsea Wakefield is an Associate Professor and Director of the Couples Center at the Psychiatric Research Institute of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,...
View ArticleThe gift of a stronger connection and a stronger union
Create some quiet uninterrupted time and space to do this exercise with your partner. Imagine if your partner focused on bringing out the best in you. Each partner has different talents, skills, and...
View ArticleRelief or Happiness – What Do You Choose?
I work with a lot of couples where one partner takes great pride in being a problem solver. I, too, am a big believer in solving problems. Yet, after all my years of working with all kinds of couples,...
View Article8 Ways to Put Sex Therapists Out of Business
I’ve been a sex therapist for 39 years. That’s over 40,000 sessions with individuals and couples – from every conceivable background, with every imaginable problem. And yet all those sessions, with all...
View ArticleWhat Really Drives Connection?
We often say that healthy communication is the cornerstone of a great relationship, but is it? Neuroscience has helped us evaluate what really drives connection in relationship. We know the brain...
View ArticleCan You Be as Considerate as a Rattlesnake?
Imagine you are leisurely walking through the woods thoroughly enjoying the perfect weather and the serenity of nature. Then you are jolted into a salvo of fear – by an unmistakable sound. The tail...
View ArticleSynergy For the Rest of Us
Something was bugging me recently. It was making me feel irritable, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. So I spent some time thinking hard about what was up. Finally, the thing that was nagging...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Adventure Challenge for Couples
I’m going to tell you something I probably shouldn’t… I’m quite bad at most things. I don’t make my bed every morning – or wash my sheets regularly (shhh, don’t tell my boyfriend . I’m no good at...
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