Ah, love is beautiful and love can work through any problem …, then you marry and experience the reality. He’s an atheist and you believe strongly in following your Jewish faith or evangelical Christianity or Buddhism. Whichever faith is yours, you believe in faith and he just doesn’t. You had hopes of going to synagoge, […]
Maybe you have people who are important to you…and they don’t always make the best decisions. They get emotional about situations and feel very distressed. Naturally, you want to say something or do something to help. You try generally to be rational about problems. Usually, you find a way to handle most things. Not everything, […]
Everybody thinks and everybody feels, but some make their decisions more from their heads and some more from their hearts. It is important to note that both these perspectives have value. Admittedly, both also have limitations. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an instrument which reflects individuals’ preferences on four different continuums. One of these four […]
Emotions are messy, sometimes inconvenient and not always pleasant. By definition of the word, whether very positive or very negative, emotions involve an ‘agitation or disturbance.’ Emotional intensity can be scary and there are individuals who prefer to function out of their rational capacity whenever possible, remaining even-keeled in all eventualities. Who wouldn’t want to […]
One of the greatest joys of love is that it feeds the heart and makes the loved one–friend, lover or child–hugely significant to you. Whatever happens to whomever you love, you’re impacted. Good or bad, it matters. Whatever that loved one chooses to do, also matters. It is important here to make the distinction between […]
No matter how independent you are, other people are still important to you. While you may not want to, you care what others think. Even the most self-sufficient individuals still exist in a social world and there are moments when they struggle with both wanting to be known by others and fearing being known. This […]
Sometimes, dating sucks. The alternatives, however, are far worse. For those who aren’t in committed relationships, the choices are dating or social celibacy. While sometimes frustrating and, at other times, hilarious, dating offers a host of personal development opportunities, the primary one being the possibility of finding a mate. We must acknowledge respect for the […]
We may not like other people sometimes, but we humans have a need for contact. We stumble in and out of bad relationships, tolerate unhealthy family interactions and struggle to find true friendships. Like it or not, human beings have a need for emotional intimacy. It’s hard-wired into us, the urge for contact with others. […]
Done right, sex feels good, but have you ever woken up the next morning and wondered what you were thinking? The truth is you probably weren’t thinking. There are some good reasons for engaging in sexual activity. The triad of hormones, relationship and potential fun is the best scenario. We won’t address the fun issue […]
Emotions are funny things. Are you listening to yours? Some people seem to swim in an emotional world. They make their choices based on their gut feelings and they can tell you three or four emotions they’re having at any given moment. This level of emotional awareness, however, can seem negative and overwhelming to some. […]