Showing posts with label negative cycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negative cycle. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Relationships: How Toxic Shame Makes Communication Challenging

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Toxic shame can make communication very challenging in a relationship, so I'm exploring this issue and providing tips on how you can dea...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes From One Relationship to the Next

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Years ago a friend said to me, "I just don't have any luck in relationships."  How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes in Relati...
Friday, February 20, 2026

How Does Shame Impact Relationships?

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Shame can lead to destructive behavior in relationships (see my article: Self Acceptance as the Antidote to Shame ). How Shame Impacts Relat...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Getting Your Emotional Needs Met in Your Relationship

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In Julie Mennano's book, Secure Love, she discusses how couples attempt to get their attachment needs met based on their attachment sty...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Relationships: How to Respond in a Supportive Way to Your Partner's Emotional Vulnerability

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Many people in relationships don't know how to respond to their partner's emotional vulnerability. This is significant because  vuln...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Relationships: Overcoming a Pattern of Emotional Shutdown

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There are couples who come to  couples therapy where one or both people really believe they don't have emotions.   However, research in...