A grave digger’s perspective about one kind of marriage
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I used to be a grave digger. College summer job. No heavy equipment. Just two good shovels, pick axe, tape measure, string, and a tarp.
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Shifting Relationship Impasses, Part Four
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Translating Internal Conflicts as an Emotional Bridge Before sharing the final part of this transcript from a session on shifting relationship impasses, I want to
Conflict Avoidance: Shifting Relationship Impasses, Part 3
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Helping partners develop clearer separation between self and other This is the third part of a series in which I have shared sections of a
Conflict Avoidance: Shifting Relationship Impasses, Part 2
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Thanks a lot to those of you who took time to write your thoughts about the transcript I last posted about shifting relationship impasses in
Conflict Avoidance: Shifting Relationship Impasses, Part 1
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About a year ago, I wrote a series of newsletters dissecting one session with a particular couple. It seemed to motivate readers to exchange ideas
Challenging Communication with your Conflict Avoidant Couples
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About two weeks ago late on a Monday afternoon, I sat in my office listening to a couple describe twenty years of conflict avoidance and
Conflict avoidance comes in many forms.
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Conflict avoidance comes in many forms. Do you recognize these? Some couples avoid so many issues that you feel enormous tension just sitting in the
27 Years Without A Fight: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
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It was their first session. And the tension that filled the air was thick as grits. They’d come about an affair. Or rather, the aftershocks
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