Tag Archives: emotional needs

The Passive Aggressive Dance

January 20, 2012 – 3:20 pm

WE ARE STUCK IN THIS DANCE: HERS HIS I feel let down, isolated, and lonely. If I  confront you to get you to see what is hurting me and come back to me.. It Just Drives You Away, You became defensive and justify yourself.   If I despair, you retreat even more Then I get [...]

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Does Your Relationship Need Repair?

December 5, 2011 – 3:01 pm

Confrontations don’t just magically stop happening! To handle conflict correctly and learn from past mistakes, partners need a protocol to manage life’s inevitable confrontations and they need to know how to do relationship repair. We don’t often think past getting into a relationship – but taking care of a relationship is just as important! Managing confrontations [...]

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Planning to Repair your Relationships?

December 2, 2011 – 1:38 pm

This blog is a long term journey, thinking about how to promote happy, healthy relationships, that we walk through each day. And, -of course- there is crisis time! Yes, the holidays are approaching and we are confronted with the need to evaluate where we are now, and what do we want for the next year…. [...]

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80% of Men Feel They Have No Responsibility to Be Open With Loved Ones

October 6, 2011 – 10:00 am

80% of men prefer to “clam up” and not share their personal thoughts with loved ones, in order to avoid feeling vulnerable, rejected or criticized. This is according to a survey recently conducted by Creative Conflict Resolutions. Creative Conflict Resolutions tested more than 900 men by using an online questionnaire, in order to determine the [...]

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A Passive Aggressive Marriage Breaking Point

August 30, 2011 – 8:00 am

People have different times to process emotional contents…when one person is fast to acknowledge that for them there is a need to stop interactions and protect themselves, other person could still go on and deny their personal hurt a bit longer. There is also a gender difference; where women are trained to use self-examination as [...]

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