If you have been in a relationship for a while, chances are good that you have developed some not-so-helpful ways of communicating. Many times, after you've done something to hurt or offend a loved one, you add insult to injury with either no apology...
Posted by Elizabeth Galanti, MBA, MA, LMHC
What is one thing that people have struggled with for centuries? What causes the most conflict in people's relationships today? I propose it is a misfire of communication. I recently became a first-time mother of two beautiful cats....
Posted by Sabrina (Veronica) Hanson, LPC
Angry feelings and aggressive behavior do not necessarily indicate a problem with anger. Anger is a normal and healthy emotion of an instinctive signal that something may be wrong to incite us to act quickly in negative situations. Healthy...
Posted by Brenda Erie, LICSW
Our Catholic faith teaches us that marriage is a Sacrament, meaning that there is actual grace in a Sacramental marriage. This grace is what assists husbands and wives to live out marriage joyfully, sacrificially, and lovingly. However, we...
Posted by Nissa Chadwick, LMFT
So, you have discerned that you are called to married life. Now what? Sit and wait for the Lord to place someone on your door step? After all, you have done the hard work of discernment, you were obedient to the inspirations that the...
Posted by Karen Rumore, MSW, LSW
When I was younger, I had a timeshare with friends at the beach for nine years. Our weekends were filled with long, lazy days on the beach where stress was as foreign as "Pasta e Fagioli". The late afternoons were spent on the deck with frozen...
Posted by Karen Rumore, MSW, LSW
Raised an evangelical Protestant with degrees in Christian Ministries and biblical studies, and an ordained Pastor, I would have never imagined that in 2003 my wife and I would be received into full fellowship with the Roman Catholic Church. The...
Posted by Timothy Heck, PhD, LMFT
Whether you’re in a pre-marital relationship or marriage, when your relationship works, it's amazing. Everything feels easier in life and you're full of energy and excitement. You feel supported and nurtured, as if nothing could knock...
Posted by Elizabeth Galanti, MBA, MA, LMHC
The secular world in which we live is soaked in negativity. We are continually assaulted by negative messages that are discouraging and they condition us to see our glass perpetually empty and never full. As a result, we become very self-absorbed....
Posted by Janice Carbon, LCSW
