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It was love-at-first-sight! When Jane and Bill first met to at a mutual friend's birthday celebration they knew they were meant to be...

The atmosphere in the home has always been calm, cool, and quiet. It seemed as though Jason and Heather rarely had words. Jason would...

Let's face it. Your initial thoughts, feelings, and emotional reactions are not always right. They are often nano-second responses to...

Nick and Sally loved Central Park in Manhattan. It was the place where they used to stroll hand in hand and take romantic horse carriage...

When my wife and I stumbled upon a movie that is right up our alley: mature couple seeks counseling for marital issues. We were intrigued...

Shame has a job description: hide all that I am and need because ‘I am wrong’. It often begins in childhood. The child experiences a...

When we think about anger it is often followed by the desire to find ways not to satisfy this emotion. However, it's an entity of our...

Just a fence with a gate, guarding your property. That is a physical boundary. What about boundaries in relationships? What does that...

At that moment, Kevin stopped dead in his tracks. A deep conviction to change came over him. He tried to deny it, talk himself out of...

The complicated, never ending trigonometry problem was strewn across the blackboard. Jeff couldn’t figure it out. It had so many...

You just don’t want to go there. It’s scary. It’s puzzling. It’s something you have spent much time and energy “forgetting” so why go...

Jonathan and Lisa are having frequent arguments. Jonathan accuses Lisa of being cold towards him. At the same time, Lisa retorts that she...

It is the flowing of your blood throughout your body that brings you life. It flows through every single system, making sure the organs...

The two ripped, muscular, chisel-faced  boxers step into the ring. They are ready.  The grueling practice is over and the chance to claim...

Richard was overcome with feelings of chaos, guilt, and shame. His wife, Jane, had caught him red-handed. While driving by, she saw him...

"First comes love; then comes marriage, then come __________in the baby carriage." -Old nursery rhyme- That well-loved childhood song...

Opposites attract. There is so much to that little statement…powerful implications in our physical world as well as in our emotional...

You just don’t want to go there. The past may be sad; scary; even puzzling. It happened so long ago you think to yourself, "Just get over...

"Too good to be true.” That is a statement worthy of a second glance. Not because you have finally found the greatest person,...

A dysfunctional home begins with the overarching unspoken rule that the unsatisfied emotional needs of the parents trump the needs of the...