What To Do If Your Spouse Won’t Go To Couples Therapy

What To Do If Your Spouse Won’t Go To Couples Therapy

You’ve tried, lord have you tried! The answer is either a hard “no,” or it’s some other vague excuse.  The fact is, women tend to be much more open to the prospect of couples counseling than men. So, what should you do when you know your relationship is becoming...
Your Guide to Requests, Boundaries, and Threats

Your Guide to Requests, Boundaries, and Threats

  Asserting your needs in a relationship can feel so challenging that often, people just don’t.  Or, they’ll ask for what they want, but never enforce any type of consequence or set a boundary when their request is dismissed.  Distinguishing the difference...
Have You Done the Inner Work Required for a Great Marriage?

Have You Done the Inner Work Required for a Great Marriage?

Many of us are aware of the foundation of a happy marriage, and will pinpoint the fundamentals required. There’s trust, communication, love and respect…but… what is the foundation of those things? Like, how do you get good at them?  Here’s the secret: you’ve got to do...
What do Couples Really Fight About?

What do Couples Really Fight About?

Do you ever have a moment, mid argument, where you catch a glimpse of clarity and think, what are we doing? What are we even fighting about? If so, here’s the real shocker: Frequent spats often have little to nothing to do with the subject of the argument. Rather,...
What to Expect in Couples Therapy

What to Expect in Couples Therapy

Can you guess the main reason couples who’d benefit from therapy never go?  The answer is, fear.  Fear of being vulnerable, fear of opening up, fear of the unknown, the list goes on and on. Now, fear is a worthy excuse. However, the cost of skipping therapy due to...
Introvert + Extrovert: The Love Mix!

Introvert + Extrovert: The Love Mix!

Opposites really do attract, and when introverts and extroverts form a relationship, these differences can become glaringly apparent. But, not to worry. With a little communication and compromise, this union can be as harmonious as yin and yang, balancing each end of...