25 Relationship Questions To Strengthen Your Marriage Marriage Counseling Can Improve Relationships Have you ever worked with a marriage counselor? What was your experience like? Working with a marriage counselor gives you and your partner the opportunity to heal past wounds, create a safe space to share thoughts and feelings, support each other’s goals and…
How To Listen To Your Partner Effectively I want you to think about this for a moment. Who taught/showed you to be a good listener? The way that we show up in our relationship is directly connected to the teachings that we have experienced. Reflect on your life. Who taught you to…
Spike in sex addicts linked to Covid pandemic Sex addiction specialist Lisa Taylor, and her husband Michael, himself a recovering sex addict share their story. Photo: Sylvie Whinray For eight years Michael Taylor lied to his wife about having a sex addiction.”I hid it until I couldn’t hide it any longer,” Taylor told the Herald…
As a life coach, I communicate with many potential clients during my complimentary discovery calls. There is one question that I get asked the most…Why don’t I offer couple coaching sessions? This blog will address why I have a policy of not coaching couples together. Intimacy is such a spectrum of personal choices, experiences,…
Automatic thoughts are mental functions that occur without conscious judgment, deeply affecting our actions and emotions. These thoughts, which occur depending on the events in the environment, originate from our more stable beliefs and schemas. These thoughts are considered by the person to be true. Negative automatic thoughts that lead to dysfunctional and unresolved moods…
Above all else, coaching is a conversation. A coaching relationship starts to develop when a client and coach engage in a conversation around their visions, goals, wants and desires. You might wonder what makes talking with a life coach any different from having a conversation with a friend, family member, or co-worker. The magic of…
Purchase: Emotional Wound First Aid Kit If you answered YES to more than one of these questions, there is reason to suspect that an emotional injury, wound or pain is present in your life. I often suppress my feelings. I choose to keep hurtful events a secret. I hold anger or resentment. I have trouble trusting…
By Benjamin Marr, M.A., M.B.C. Dedication I dedicate this article to my mother, who always encouraged me to use my assets, although they had their limitations due to my disabilities. She motivated me to use my remaining skills to develop my intellect to an even higher level, never to perceive myself as handicapped (“cap-in-hand”), but…
Are you finding that your relationship is defined by pain, bitterness and anger? Are you and your partner so stuck in the negativity of the past and so pessimistic about the future that you often fail to nurture the positive things that happen in the present? Is it becoming difficult to remember why you chose…
The end of the school year is around the corner and it is that time of year again – it’s Finals time. Your teenagers are probably very stressed or getting stressed. There is a lot of things going on right now, Junior Prom, Senior Ball and other end of the year activities. As I stated…