The following is a list of qualities that create an emotional connection in a marriage or partnership: 1. I want to enjoy receiving pleasure from my spouse and easily communicate desires. 2. I want to accept and respect a “no” from my partner. 3. I want to communicate my personal needs around sex and have …
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I’ve rolled out a new process to help you build intimacy and good feelings in your relationship – if both of you are ready. About two thirds who downloaded the Appting Guide considered themselves qualified to use it. Appting is a powerful and simple way to shift the momentum in your marriage or relationship and …
I had a rather strange phone conversation with one of my “readers” a couple days ago. If not strange it was at least different; the first of its kind. The woman said she didn’t want my materials because it was more like a workbook and she just wanted to read. I didn’t ask many questions, …
I’ve observed that we live in an ADD – OCD culture. You may flit from thought to thought, project to project and for the life of you find it difficult to maintain your focus. Our medical community labels this as Attention Deficit Disorder and prescribes medication. Or you may work extremely hard controlling your environment …
In the beginning sessions of coaching I often ask someone: “What would you truly like to say to your spouse? What would you say if s/he was standing before you right now? Uncensored. No holding back. Let it fly!” Often I get the agitated response, “Well, I’ve said everything!” I urge them to tell me …
What difficulties do men have in creating and developing intimacy and closeness in marriage? I’m first going to outline seven reasons for men having difficulty in getting and keeping closeness in marriage. These reasons emerge from the general coping patterns I talked about earlier. 1. A man may proclaim: “It’s not me. It’s your fault.” …
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Healing the Marriage: 3 Steps to Closeness What things can you do to help you in healing the marriage? The first step in your journey to closeness is to understand and be aware of your patterns. You have ways of coping with emotional issues and relationships that you took with you from childhood. It was sensible …
Is it really just men who are having trouble with intimacy in marriage? How do women cope with this fear? And how are they different from men? Perhaps you also know this fact: That women have “issues” with closeness and intimacy in marriage just as much as men do. Although women may approach the issue …
What is it that creates men to have difficulty with closeness? And, how does it make you feel? Please understand that this is not about man bashing. I’m a man and I prefer not to be bashed. And women, I assume also don’t like to be bashed. We have enough bashing in our culture. The …
So, what exactly is the underlying relationship meaning of “I love you but am not in love with you”? And how do you respond when your partner tells you that? This is part 3 of a seven part blog series on the underlying relationship meaning of the words, “I love you but am not in …
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