Do you know what causes a toxic relationship?
This post explores the root causes of toxic relationships through the lens of Dr. John Gottman’s groundbreaking research on couple communication. If you’re a wife or partner dealing with passive-aggressive behavior in your marriage, or a husband seeking to understand harmful communication patterns, Coach Nora and the Passive Aggressive Husband team explain how Gottman’s “Four […]
Want to protect your sane mind, in the midst of this toxic relationship?
How to protect your mind? Being able to recognize every day who you are, what you are here for….pretty basic stuff, isn’t it? I do remember that in my past work as a therapist in a psychiatric hospital, our everyday mantra was: “always remember who you are, and where you are working…” Silly, perhaps, […]
Why couples fight the same battle again and again?
Are you now stuck in a spiral of fighting about the same things again and again? We want to share an excellent article by Sue Johnson, the leading researcher in the field of attachment theory, who describes what’s going on underneath the same old fight. This is the challenge that most couples face: when they […]