How to Have a Difficult Conversation With Your Spouse Part Two: 9 Steps to Better Communication Understanding how to support your partner during a difficult conversation can build trust, confidence, and connection between partners, family members, or friends. Although the… Read More »Fighting Fair: Focus on Crystal Clear Communication During a Disagreement
I recently hit a major milestone in my life – my husband and I reached thirty-one years of marriage. We’ve now spent more than half of our lives together. I was asked recently by a friend how we’ve stayed together… Read More »Keep Your Relationship Strong With Communication, Friendship, and QTIP(!)
As we age, we are all prone to experiencing mental fog now and then. We may refer to it as “senior moments” or “brain farts” or “jello brain”. Here are four natural, everyday actions we can take to reduce mental… Read More »4 Steps to Banish Mental Fog Caused by Aging
How to Have a Difficult Conversation With Your Spouse Part Four: Using Humor to Diffuse the Tension Can humor help during an argument with your spouse? The conflict has been brewing all day, all month – or maybe even longer.… Read More »Fighting Fair: Use Humor During a Disagreement to Ease Tension
How to Have a Difficult Conversation with Your Spouse Part Three: Controlling Your Emotions Do you find it hard to stay calm during the really tough talks, especially with a loved one? Or do you know how to keep your… Read More »Fighting Fair: Control Your Emotions During a Disagreement
Part One of a Series: How to Have a Difficult Conversation With Your Spouse: Deciding What, Why, and When Regardless of how much you love your partner or how long you’ve been together, there are times when a difficult conversation… Read More »Fighting Fair: Do Some Soul Searching Before a Disagreement
Do you make the effort to consciously nurture your midlife marriage? Recently, a fellow blogger reached out to me about guest posting on her website. As a life coach, she had taken a special interest in an Instagram post in… Read More »4 Vital Elements of any Lasting Relationship
Are you a hugger? We all need hugs. I know we are all restrained in these days of COVID, but before the virus – were you someone who gave and received a lot of hugs? Did you greet people –… Read More »4 Hugs a Day – That’s the Minimum!
Positivity, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is defined as “the practice of being or tendency to be positive or optimistic in attitude.” A glass-half-full perspective on life, if you will. Today, I bring to you a list of several… Read More »Reading About Happiness Can Make You Happier: 8 Positivity Blogs to Explore
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