Often, when I work with a couple, I hear the complaint, “We have different communication styles.” I understand why having different communication styles can be seen as a negative rather than a positive, because many times opposite communication styles can clash and cause conflict. Not fun. Frankly, most partners walking the planet have different communication […]
Affection and Your Relationship
This month’s Ask Coach Kathy question is about physical intimacy. How do I get my spouse to be more affectionate? In almost every relationship, one partner physically touches more than the other. Having said that, the best way I know to encourage your mate to be more physically affectionate is to catch him or her […]
Practical Life with your Spouse
This month’s Ask Coach Kathy question is about Practical Life. We have identified strategies that seem to work to bring our relationship to a better place, but they don’t stick. We always end up falling back into “roommate living,” even if we used certain strategies for 6 months or more. Not sure why or how […]
Communicating with your Spouse
This month’s Ask Coach Kathy question is about Communication. Is it important to speak up and tactfully, lovingly communicate with your spouse any time there is something bothering you about what he or she is doing or not doing, if it’s a recurring situation? How do you know when you should speak up or just accept […]
Bringing the Best YOU to your Relationship
In this month’s issue of Psychology Today, is an article called “It’s Not All About You!” As we are on the cusp of spring, I thought this would be the perfect article to help you sprout some new ideas in your mind on how to bring the best you that you possibly can to your […]
