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Relationship Challenges

[VIDEO] Storybook ROMANCE – 3 Steps To Turn Your Relationship Into One

[VIDEO] Storybook ROMANCE - 3 Steps To Turn Your Relationship Into One Swoon! Every relationship needs romance to thrive, but you don't need to be hopeless romantic in order to instill this into their relationships. Many people, especially men, believe that they aren't the "romantic type" because they don't feel like comfortable making huge romantic gestures and pronouncing their love to the world. But romance is WAY more than that. Need some romance tips? YourTango's Senior VP Melanie Gorman, Divorce Coach Dr.

Relationship Models of Women

Relationship Models of Women Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Debi Berndt, author of Let Love In: Yes. I think that there is certain energy. It is all tied up with your thoughts. In your book, you share 10 different general categories of relationship models that women tend to fall into. Can you share a couple of them including the false underlying beliefs that are involved? _____   Debi Berndt Relationship Models of Women: He’s Not Good Enough One is the

[VIDEO] 2 Reasons Why Men Pull Away (And How To Deal)

[VIDEO] 2 Reasons Why Men Pull Away (And How To Deal) The brutal truth ... Many women have this similar experience with the men. The relationship is going incredibly well — it's exciting, and you're loving the time together. Then, seemingly out of the blue, you feel a distance. You're certainly not the one creating it, so it must be your man, right? You'll be surprised to hear that this is actually quite common behavior between

[VIDEO] 3 HUGE Signs You Are In A Toxic Relationship

[VIDEO] 3 HUGE Signs You Are In A Toxic Relationship This behavior isn't normal. And it isn't right, either. We've all had that one relationship that left us feeling more emotionally drained than satisfied. No matter how hard we try to make things work, nothing is enough. Even though you love your boyfriend and can't picture yourself without him, things have been super tense between you. He doesn't treat

Prevent Marital Issues: 3 Steps

Prevent Marital Issues: 3 Steps Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: Yes. I say that there really is no substitute for time and interaction with someone. I analogize it to an onion. Don’t be so fast to rush and want to know everything right away. Allow it to be a peeling back the layers of an onion as you get to know someone. When getting to know someone

Early Stages of Relationships

Early Stages of Relationships Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: Don’t worry about being the first. You’re not giving anything up. You’re actually enhancing the relationship. I’m sure you’ve seen, the person who starts to do that is not necessarily always the same person. The other person will reciprocate. It shows how the dynamic of a relationship can be changed by just one person taking that step. Even

Help People Listen: How To

Help People Listen: How To Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: In terms of a solution to this, share how you go about repairing the fabric of a relationship to deal with the issues that are coming up to the surface. _____    Dr. Lisa Bobby There are a number of interventions that we use in marriage counseling. One of the biggest ones is something that every single

Fix Communication with Counseling

Fix Communication with Counseling Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: It also helps us to have empathy for our partner. Someone coming at it with anger is one thing. But when you realize that they are feeling hurt or scared, then you can develop a sense of empathy for that. You might think, “Now I want to nurture that a little bit more.” I know that you do

Attachment in Relationships

Attachment in Relationships Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: What do you think is at the root of the pre-marital problems that you see? _____    Dr. Lisa Bobby When it comes to that very common problem of the pursue/withdraw pattern, it is related to that sense of attachment.   Attachment in Relationships: Glue Attachment is the glue that holds a relationship together. Whenever that attachment is disrupted

Relationship Withdrawal: The Cycle

Relationship Withdrawal: The Cycle Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Lisa Bobby, a Board Certified Life Coach: What are the most common kinds of negative patterns that you see pre-marital couples engage in? This could be couples that you work with or don’t, but you know this and you wish they would consider coming in to you. _____    Dr. Lisa Bobby Relationship Withdrawal and Perusal: Attachment Theory There is one particular very common relationship