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Rules for Fair Fighting: How to Keep Your Head in the Middle of a Heated Argument

You’re seeing red. You’re in the middle of a heated argument with your spouse when the gloves come off: Do things get ugly? Are you screaming your head off? Does the argument veer off the original topic until you’ve covered just about everything you’ve ever been upset about? Do you follow your partner around the house because you just […]

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Will My Avoider or Pursuer Reaction Style Help Me Get My Needs Met?

Conflict, Emotions, Long-term relationships, Marriage, Relationships, Self-awareness / Couples

When you’re upset, do you tend to pull yourself inside or express yourself outwardly? Do you clam up? This is the Avoider Style of reacting. Do you persist in talking about the issue? This is the Pursuer Style of reacting. Which is your ‘go to’ reaction? And, could your reactions be making things worse? What

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Open to Love: Freeing Yourself From Being Protected, yet Isolated

Emotions / Couples

Let me tell you a story I heard from a gifted Imago therapist and trainer named Maya Kollman. The story is about a woman who loves walking on the beach. The woman’s bare feet sink into the warm sand with each step. Without shoes, she feels free and natural. The woman walks like this every

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Stopping Triangulation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Involving a Third Person in Your Problems

Relationships / Couples

Most of my clients have some kind of challenge in their relationships with others. The struggle may be with a spouse, a friend, a family member, a co-worker, a child, a neighbor, or a landlord. No matter who the struggle is with, we often discuss what someone else said or did and how my client

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

Emotions / Couples

Have 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

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Rules for Fair Fighting: How to Keep Your Head in the Middle of a Heated Argument

Will My Avoider or Pursuer Reaction Style Help Me Get My Needs Met?

Open to Love: Freeing Yourself From Being Protected, yet Isolated

Stopping Triangulation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Involving a Third Person in Your Problems

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

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Rules for Fair Fighting: How to Keep Your Head in the Middle of a Heated Argument

Will My Avoider or Pursuer Reaction Style Help Me Get My Needs Met?

Open to Love: Freeing Yourself From Being Protected, yet Isolated

Stopping Triangulation: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Involving a Third Person in Your Problems

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

Meredith Keller's Book

Relationship Essentials

Schedule an Appointment

Sign up for our monthly Ezine

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