Whispers of Goodbye: Holding onto Respect Amidst Breakups

Whispers of Goodbye: Holding onto Respect Amidst Breakups

Ending a relationship can be a challenging and emotional experience for both parties involved. When your partner struggles with accepting the end, the path forward can feel even more daunting. Here’s some guidance to navigate such situations with compassion, empathy, and respect, while still honoring your own needs: Endings are challenging but can be navigated…

From Heartaches to Breakthroughs: Deciphering When to Let Go

From Heartaches to Breakthroughs: Deciphering When to Let Go

Breaking up is most often not an easy decision, and often it’s accompanied by doubt, fear, and a myriad of emotions. But there are moments in life when you realize that a relationship is not serving its purpose, and it’s causing more pain than joy. It’s essential to evaluate your feelings and experiences, but it’s…

Why You Deserve to be Happy this Valentine’s Day

Why You Deserve to be Happy this Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate love. Remember when we were little and everyone received cards from everyone? No one was in relationships and yet we were all happy and felt special. However, as we enter our later years Valentine’s Day becomes a day dedicated to self-loathing for those who are still single. We need…

Listening Your Way to a Healthy Relationship

Listening Your Way to a Healthy Relationship

Listening skills are an essential part of healthy communication and are necessary components for building lasting relationships.  Truly feeling heard is a powerful experience. It makes you feel cared for, validated, and important. We are faced with so many distractions in our lives that when someone sits down and really listens, it can make you…

The Top 5 Relationship Patterns | Unhealthy Divorce Facts

The Top 5 Relationship Patterns | Unhealthy Divorce Facts

Lack of communication; the number one cause of divorces Billy and Mariah were very much in love, and had many things in common.  When Billy reached his 40’s he quit his job, went to work for a lesser paying non-profit company and bought a motorcycle, as well.  He didn’t discuss any of this with Mariah,…