During a couple therapy session, I noticed the wife kept looking at her husband every time I asked her a question. She was hesitant to speak and would glance his way before answering. He [...]
There is a bad habit that can hurt your relationship. It’s called phubbing, a made up word from the combination of phone + snubbing. Simply put, it is snubbing someone who is looking or [...]
If you’ve lived long enough, you have had what has been called, a “dark night of the soul.” You know, those times in life when we endure difficult or painful seasons and God seems silent. During [...]
Couples come to therapy with this complaint. I do nice things for my spouse, but it doesn’t seem to matter. She doesn’t even notice. I don’t get it. Honestly, they usually don’t get it. They fail [...]
Recently, I was on a radio show and the host wanted to talk about “sleep divorce.” To be honest, it was not a term I was familiar with, but it certainly did pique my interest. So I looked it up [...]
I am so tired of my boss. He is impossible and ridiculously demanding. Every day, we encounter people who are difficult. How we respond to them matters for not only our mental health, but theirs. [...]
When was the last time you had a good fight with someone you care about? That’s right, two people in a relationship are going to fight from time to time, even if the relationship is healthy. But [...]
One of our former professors who is in his 70s is an active pickle ball player. Both he and his wife have built quite a community of people around the game. Their pickle ball group meets [...]
We’ve heard a lot about what was lost during the pandemic-the setbacks people faced in business, relationships and even their mental health. But it is possible to build resiliency through [...]
How many times have you heard someone say,” I’ve been hurt by the church. Why would I go back? They are a bunch of hypocrites.” It is certainly understandably to feel that way since we don’t [...]