Emotions

What’s Your Limit? Find Out How Much Love, Success and Happiness You Can Handle and What’s Stopping You From Having MORE

What’s Your Limit?I just read a FABULOUS book that I’m eager to share with you. The title is The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks and it’s chock full of new learnings that can have a profound influence on you. It certainly did for me.  According to the book, there is only one thing that is holding you back from receiving more love, success, and money in your life.  What do you think that one thing is? It’s the limit you’ve unconsciously created for yourself.

When asked that question, some people will think the thing holding them back is an external situation such as a dead end job or a limited amount of resources.  For others, it’s blaming someone else’s faults for their own limitations, like a difficult boss or a shortcoming of your spouse’s.  While these may seem like the things that are responsible for holding you back, according to Gay, they are not.  What is actually holding you back is not something outside of yourself.  It is not caused by your environment and it is not about those you associate with.  In fact, and we know this as therapists, what holds each person back is his or her own beliefs – both conscious and unconscious. Read More

What Does It Mean To Love Your Spouse?

What Does It Mean To Love Your Spouse?In my therapy practice, I often hear married couples say, “We’ve fallen out of love” or “I’m not sure I love her/him anymore.”  These statements are made with great sadness and a clear sense of hopelessness.  The couples, who feel that the romantic love is gone from their relationships, begin to doubt the value of their marriages and question their choice of partners. This sense of doubt is strengthened by the messages society sends about our partner being our soul mate, “other half” or someone who completes us. Read More

What Was THAT All About?! Why Your Partner is Freaking Out Over Nothing and What You Can Do About It

Being upsetHave you ever seen someone have a very strong reaction to something that seems minor?  From your perspective, you’re wondering what the big deal is.  Why are they getting so upset?
Of course, this happens all the time in marriage and other intimate relationships.  We see our spouse “freak out” over something small.  Often, we don’t even know what triggered their anger or upset.  When one partner witnesses the other get upset about something that seems trivial, it can be very confusing.  Many times, people in my office will tell me that their partner got very upset – and they had no idea why. Read More