Finding Whanau
by Linda Carroll, MS, LMFT, BCC People are exhausted with and by COVID-19, and anticipation of what’s to come medically, …
by Linda Carroll, MS, LMFT, BCC People are exhausted with and by COVID-19, and anticipation of what’s to come medically, …
Mixed emotions can be confusing–and they’re at the core of so much of what we feel.
Many basic relationship skills can be used in your parenting.
Become a relational Jedi by putting these five guiding principles into practice.
Bring more vitality to your relationship by finding ways to play.
Peace means being curious about your own “inner wars” and moving forward with values and ideals that spring from a sense of human interrelatedness.
It’s enlivening to explore and take risks (within reason) in committed relationships–to color outside the lines of our comfort zones.
As we enter adulthood, and intimate relationships, the need to develop greater feeling literacy grows.
Romantic relationships cycle through three common phases: connection, disconnection, and repair. Each of these phases requires our skillful attention, though it’s easy to idealize the connection phase.
Habitually focusing on a partner’s need to do the “right” thing rather than on your own need to control them may be fueling a mothering or fathering dynamic in your relationship.
