“The greatest gift one lover has to give another, is emotionally attuned attention and timely responsiveness.”
Dr. Sue Johnson
Any researcher knows that, if you aspire to be an ‘objective’ scientist, you are not allowed to be passionately impressed by your own research. I am now going to break that rule. (more…)
Tags: attachment, bonds, brain, connection, couple, couples, EFT, emotion, emotionally focused therapy, family, fight, happy, Love, marriage, relationship, research, science, study, therapist, therapy
In this New Year, fifteen years into the new century, I hope that in this year, we learn to deal better with (more…)
Tags: attachment, bond, closeness, connection, couple, distressed, EFT, emotion, emotionally focused therapy, family, feelings, forgive, forgiveness, happy, hold me tight, lasting, Love, new year's, partner, reconciliation, resolution, secure, trust
Christmas is all about togetherness and family. But some of us find ourselves alone at Christmas. At times like this, it seems like everyone in the world BELONGS, except you. (more…)
Tags: alone, aloneness, attachment, belong, Christmas, connection, family, friends, happy, holidays, lonely, matter, Messiah, music, others, relationship, together
Tags: affection, attachment, awareness, behaviour, change, cognitive, communication, compassion, control, distress, emotional, emotions, empathy, fear, feelings, happy, hold me tight, listening, Love, love sense, openness, relationship, skills, technique, vulnerable
The stock market is falling; mysterious codes called Nasdaq and Dow Jones are now at some record low. What does this mean for families, for couple relationships? (more…)
Tags: angry, anxiety, bonds, calm, complain, conflict, connection, couple, courage, create, danger, distancing, emotional, families, fight, financial, frustration, happy, hope, hormone, investment, irritability, job loss, lasting, long hours, Love, manage, market, marriage, military, money, mysterious, outbursts, oxytocin, pain, poverty, reassuring, recover, relationship, respond, salary cut, save, secure, source, stock market, stress, stronger, trigger
