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Partner Interaction: How to Improve

Partner Interaction: How to Improve Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. Craig Martin, author of Elemental Love Styles: What else is interesting about your book, Elemental Love Styles, is that you have dialogue between people throughout the book exhibiting different elemental styles, and staying true to their elemental self, you suggest ways to improve the way they interact with their partners. Similarly, you have questions that you field from people where your answers suggest, “From

Distance Improves Communication

Distance Improves Communication Jasbina Ahluwalia Do you tend to see different issues in couples where one person was born and raised in the US and the other abroad, possibly India or another South Asian country versus both people being born and raised in the same country? Is there anything you’ve noticed in terms of patterns along those lines? _____ Parijat Deshpande Yes, I have noticed something. What I noticed was actually surprising. Distance

Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage

Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage Jasbina Ahluwalia You mentioned that MySahana sees people anywhere from their 20s in the early stages to 50s and 60s. I’m wondering if you see different issues in couples who had “arranged” marriages versus couples in “love” marriages. Are there different issues or patterns that you see with one vis-a-vis the other? _____ Parijat Deshpande Few Differences of Issues of Arranged Versus Love Marriage I don’t think

Biggest Issue in South Asian Couples

What is The Biggest Issue in South Asian Couples? Jasbina Ahluwalia     You mentioned these parallel lives. From what I understand, you see it even more so in Indian (South Asian) couples. Since you’ve counseled couples from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, I’m wondering if you’ve noticed any other marital issues, without over generalizing, that tend to be more common to South Asians than non-South Asians. _____ Parijat Deshpande Biggest Issue in South

Talking About Your Relationship: 5 Steps

5 Steps To Take When Talking About Your Relationship Jasbina Ahluwalia     That’s interesting. I thought it was a great point that you made. If you believe that your partner has changed, chances are that you have as well. The second issue I’d like you to address for our listeners is how to talk about sensitive topics like money, sex, children and religion without fighting. _____ Parijat Deshpande There are so many hot-button topics

Communicating in Arranged Marriages

Communicating in Arranged Marriages Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Bhuvaneshwari Bhagat: Do you tend to see different issues in couples with an “arranged” marriage versus a “love” marriage? Have you seen patterns or differences with your clients who have gone one way or the other? _____   Bhuvaneshwari Bhagat Communicating in Arranged Marriages Has Family Baggage What’s sad is they’re not very different. The one thing that is distinctly different is the amount of baggage

Managing Communication in Marriage

Managing Communication in Marriage Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Bhuvaneshwari Bhagat: You want to have that end goal in mind. What are some of the communication issues that you see in people who are married and are coming to you for marital counseling and are already committed to each other? What are some of the most typical communication issues that you see? _____ Bhuvaneshwari Bhagat It’s very interesting. There are a lot of things that