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Are you in a toxic relationship? Struggling with emotional intimacy? Does your husband value you? Looking to deepen intimacy in your marriage? Has trust been broken in your relationship? Wondering why your spouse or partner is emotionally unavailable? Or are you single and looking for dating advice or help creating new relationships? On this blog you’ll find practical insights and advice on many different relationship issues from us and other relationship experts.
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Taking Things Personally in your Relationship
Most of us know all too well how it feels when someone “takes things personally”. It’s frustrating! We don’t get to focus on and finish...
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Reducing Defensiveness
Defensiveness is a natural response to criticism, blame, or accusations that we feel are unjust or unwarranted. However, when...
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Christian Pedersen, Co-Founder, Master Coach
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Premature Problem Solving
Our communication course is starting tomorrow, so we’re thinking about effective communication a lot! In our last blog post, we talked...
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Christian Pedersen, Co-Founder, Master Coach
- Mar 15
- 5 min
Two Ways of Listening in Your Relationship Communication
A client sent us an example of a breakdown from her marriage. She said … I cleaned out the very dirty and cluttered garage making more...
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Just Because You're Talking Doesn't Mean You Get Heard
Does it ever puzzle you that your partner doesn't get what you're saying? Do you ever feel you you're being perfectly clear in your...
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Christian Pedersen, Co-Founder, Master Coach
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
Relationships Issues And High Expectations
As a younger man, I really wanted to find “The One”. I was much too private to tell anyone, but I dreamed of a happy-ever-after ending to...
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Sonika Tinker, MSW, Co-Founder
- Aug 10, 2022
- 8 min
Relationships In The Digital Age
Some time back, my daughter asked me to rub her back. I noticed myself hesitate. My addiction to my phone took over - I wanted to keep...
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Sonika Tinker, MSW, Co-Founder
- Apr 7, 2022
- 5 min
The Importance Of Feeling Heard
Just last week, a woman sent me an email saying, “I am so sad and frustrated that my husband doesn’t listen to what I say!” Many couples...
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- Dec 2, 2021
- 7 min
A Netflix Relationship Just Like Yours
Sonika and I enjoy a good series as much as the next binge watcher. Given our profession, it’s perhaps not surprising that we like shows...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 7 min
Working As A Team In Your Relationship
I have had a lot of experiences in life when I made a decision to do something that I knew my partner didn’t want me to do. Each time,...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Feeling Judged in Your Relationship
Do you ever feel judged and criticized by your partner? Do you have the sense that your husband doesn’t value you or your wife doesn’t...
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- Apr 1, 2021
- 7 min
Relational Disconnection
I’m reading a great book called Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Tatum. In the chapter I was...
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Sonika Tinker, MSW, Co-Founder
- Jun 23, 2020
- 4 min
How To Make Your Husband Happy
How often do spouses wonder how to make their partner happy? Do you ever wonder how to make your husband happy? Does it sometimes seem...
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- Jun 14, 2020
- 3 min
Getting What You DON’T Want In Relationship (Relationship Foundation, Part 1/3)
In the beginning of your relationship, when you’re all enamored and in love – AKA the Honeymoon Phase – your partner is the best. You...
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- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
How To Communicate About Relationship Issues
The most common issue couples present to us is Communication (or lack thereof). It is one thing to communicate about logistics and ...
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- Dec 1, 2019
- 9 min
Taking Things Personally
We all know what it means to take stuff personally, because it’s really irritating when it’s happening to you. Sometimes you’re trying to...
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- Jul 2, 2018
- 2 min
How To Turn Your Relationship Around (Relationship Foundation, Part 3/3)
“Everything and everyone wants to be loved.” When we feel unhappy, lonely, disconnected, despairing, hopeless, disappointed, angry, hurt...
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- Jun 27, 2018
- 5 min
Fighting To Be Right Even Though You Don’t Want To Be (Relationship Foundation, Part 2/3)
This is Part 2 of our relationship foundations series. In the last podcast I talked about our tendency to talk about our problems – or...
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- Apr 2, 2018
- 5 min
Creating Intimacy And Improving Communication
To improve security, we recently moved our entire website to a different server. As I was checking it out to make sure everything was up...
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