Dealing with emotions

Months of quarantine under the current stay-at-home orders will test the strongest of relationships—some people may even consider getting the virus ...

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When a marriage comes to an end, people are often so deeply hurt that they feel they will never be able to forgive ...

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Divorce is a shock to the system even if getting divorced was your idea. When it finally becomes a reality that ...

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People get divorced for so many reasons -- feeling alone in the marriage, infidelity, loss of intimacy and companionship, financial ...

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Dr. John Gottman, PhD, a 40-year veteran of marriage and divorce studies, co-founder of the Gottman Institute, and author of The Seven ...

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If you model good communication with your spouse during a divorce, it can be a helpful lesson to your children. It will help them learn ...

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As the 37 million people who were hacked on Ashley Madison in 2015 can attest, extra marital affairs are rampant. A study published ...

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Graine Mediation is pleased to introduce Terri R. Adams, MSW, LCSW, BCD, as our guest blogger this week. Ms. Adams is in private practice ...

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Most people in relationships have felt, at one time or another, a lack of communication. A common gender trope has a woman griping ...

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Day in and day out, I deal with people who are suffering from broken hearts. It is incredibly sad. At the same time, however, I view ...

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You're looking for the signs he will change -- but thinking you can change your partner is a classic pitfall in many marriages. Though ...

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These three truths are the primary sad seeds of why marriages fail at such an alarming rate in our culture:

Most people rate personal ...

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You don't have to go through war to end up with the terrifying and extraordinarily discerning symptoms of PTSD. A divorce -- especially ...

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Is he cheating?  What are the signs? There are five factors that seem to have the greatest influence over whether a spouse will cheat. ...

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Torn between mediation vs litigation? If you are considering divorce, and children are involved, mediation is usually the best dispute ...