These days during a pandemic having a good day can seem challenging. There is so much suffering in the world. We are reminded of it daily, in the news, on social media. Even if we choose not to engage with those things, friends, family, TV commercials and trips to the grocery store will remind us …
A long term relationship can be a numbed out meaningless experience that gets int the way of your life goals and wastes your valuable time on Earth, or it can be something that gives your life meaning and richness. This goes for all relationships, not just the romantic variety. You get to choose how you …
I have so many clients say that they want their relationship to go back to the way it once was. Upon further questioning, the issues they are struggling with now were always there, they just didn’t bother them so much at first. Perhaps something changed suddenly when kids were brought into the equation. Now the …
Now you’ve lost me, Dr. Renée. My husband makes me feel sad every day when he insults my weight, or my wife makes me angry when she emasculates me in front of her dad and brothers. My mom makes me feel like a total loser when she asks when I’ going to give her some …
Most people are familiar with The Five Love Languages, a bestselling book by Dr. Gary Chapman. In his book, Chapman describes the primary ways we give and receive love: Words of affirmation Acts of service Receiving gifts Quality time Physical touch The book recommends that we get to know our partner’s primary love language and …
Are you walking around with a hair trigger? Does everything your partner says or does easily trigger you to the point that you find yourself blowing up at them, running away, threatening to leave or playing the Game of Thrones “Winter Has Come” silent game yet again? We all have triggers that we are conditioned …
Why do we need an object or a reason to love? We are socialized to believe that love is a scarce resource. To be saved for a select few, our family, friends, intimate partners, other loved ones. Just love! ❤️ Your heart and brain experience love from both directions. Love registers and has an impact …
Poor Sylvester! I remember as a kid watching as he suffered in each episode by chasing little Tweetie Bird, always ending up disappointed. Did you ever wonder why he didn’t just choose to accept that he’d never catch that particular bird and move on? Why do we suffer? It’s something that unites us all as …
Want to be more social? So many professional people I know are struggling with this issue but have no idea where to begin. Most people meet by striking up a conversation with a friendly stranger. Not sitting on a couch in front of the TV, hanging out with people they already know, sprinting from one …
Many of us are keenly aware of time passing by us. Health challenges in ourselves, our partners our parents can make us even more aware that our time on this big rock is finite. It feels like we blink and our 20s 30s and 40s pass us by. It can seem downright scary. We may …