Posts Tagged ‘dialogue’
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
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I was talking with a patient recently who said that her mother was the person who kept her posted on family happenings. Since her mother died, she no longer feels connected with the rest of the family because her father does not share information. She realized how dependent she was on her mother for keeping her informed as to family happenings. Her father, on the other hand, is a not forthcoming about family matters. He claims that he does not like to gossip. He takes the position that if people want to know about him or others in the family, they should communicate directly with them.
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Tags: awareness, communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, living consciously, mindfulness
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Seal Beach is a quiet beach community in Southern California. A group of women are relaxing on a sunny afternoon gossiping as they are having their hair done. Suddenly the tranquil scene is disrupted by gunfire and eight women are dead and one is in critical condition. A distraught, estranged father and ex-husband abruptly and without warning forever changes the life of a several families and a community. How could this happen? How does one make sense of such an event?
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Tags: awareness, dialogue, human connection, living consciously, mental health, Personal Growth, Relationships, social issues
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
I love writing about all sorts of psychological, social, and political issues. I have written a half-dozen books and many articles.
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Tags: awareness, communication, dialogue, Personal Growth
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
I often see young couples, who have been married for a short period of time, lamenting that their marriage has lost its sparkle. They tell me that before they married and for about a year afterwards everything was wonderful. But then they began drifting apart, going through the motions of living together, but without passion. Sex has diminished significantly, talking has been limited, and they have little energy to be with one another at the end of the day. They lost their mojo.
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Tags: communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, life changes, life enrichment, Personal Growth, Relationships, Sexuality
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
I recently saw and enjoyed the movie, “Crazy, Stupid, Love“. In addition to being a delightful story with moments of romance, laughter, and pathos, I found that there was some greater insight that could be distilled if one paid attention. Many men may miss the lessons to be gleaned from this flick. It is more than a piece of fluff.
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Tags: communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, men and masculinity, Personal Growth, Relationships, Sexuality
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
The month of August is ending; kids are preparing to return to school. Summer is officially over. As is customary in our house, August is typically the time when our family comes together in our home. Children and grandchildren, cousins, nieces, and nephews descend upon us for the annual Cousin’s Party. There is “secrets night” when the cousins share with one another their most recent adventures and misadventures (no adults allowed), the pajama party with its rituals of nachos, drink concoctions, pizza, and a movie. There are BBQs and shopping adventures to the various malls. Then, of course, there are the days of just “hanging out” interspersed with endless ping-pong matches.
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Tags: dialogue, human connection, life changes, living consciously, Personal Growth, Relationships
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
The TV show, So You Think You Can Dance?, can teach us a lot about lovemaking. As we watch these young dancers perform their various routines, we admire their coordination, agility, determination, and exuberance. They inspire the viewer to want to move along with them. They may even evoke within us a desire to get up and dance.
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Tags: communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, mental health, mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships, self-help
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Recently a couple came in for counseling because their marriage was in trouble. They had been married for four years and haven’t had sexual relations in almost a year. They described their relationship as friendly, but not passionate. A little exploration revealed that he was riddled with resentment at his wife’s lack of responsibility for anything that had to do with the maintenance of their home. He did all of the cooking, shopping, errands, cleaning, etc. The only thing she did was to take care of their pet. The husband felt taken for granted. Both of them had careers, but he worked from home making him more available for household duties.
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Tags: communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, life changes, Relationships, Sexuality
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The most common complaint that I hear from couples in my practice is, “we don’t communicate well. She/he doesn’t understand me.” The problem is presented equally by men and women.
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Tags: communication, dialogue, human connection, intimacy, Personal Growth, Relationships
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
My husband and I are both 25 years old and have been married for five years.We have a four year old son. It seems that we are constant in battle with one another.Now we argue about sex. He gets angry when I do want to have sex as much as he does. I am willing to have make love with him once a week. However, I used to enjoy sex, now it is a duty. In addition to raising our son, I try to do things around the house to make him happy. It seems that nothing I can do will please him. I would love to feel the way I used to about him and about love-making. What can I or we do?
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Tags: dialogue, human connection, intimacy, life enrichment, Relationships, Sexuality, transitions
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I was talking with a patient recently who said that her mother was the person who kept her posted on family happenings. Since her mother died, she no longer feels connected with the rest of the family because her father does not share information. She realized how dependent she was on her mother for keeping her informed as to family happenings. Her father, on the other hand, is a not forthcoming about family matters. He claims that he does not like to gossip. He takes the position that if people want to know about him or others in the family, they should communicate directly with them.
