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When you’ve lost yourself.
When I was working in a clinic with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, there was an older couple who would come to the clubhouse and all the social a therapy groups. They were the sweetest couple, each with their own mental health issues. They were quiet, would speak only when spoken to, hang…
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Are you listening?
Do you ever feel like you and your partner are talking, but not hearing each other? You find yourself getting frustrated and feeling misunderstood.
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When you just need a break!
Sometimes being a wife, husband or parent can be overwhelming and can cause us to feel burnt out. It can be hard to take a break for ourselves, yet it is so important.
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My partner won’t go to therapy, but I will!
What do you do if your partner won’t go to therapy with you? You’re tired of fighting and you know if could help. Here are a few things to consider.
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When things don’t turn out the way you wanted!
Life doesn’t always go the way we thought it would. It’s easy to push away those we love, get angry and feel alone, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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How can you think that?
What happens when you find out your partner thinks something you just can’t agree with? How can you be with someone who thinks that way? Can you agree to disagree?
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Buttons and Relationships
We all have buttons that get pushed by our partners and others. Something is said or done and we react without fully understanding why.
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When not fighting becomes the new ‘good’!
How do you create a sense of emotional safety in your relationship or marriage so that fighting doesn’t become the norm?
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Opposites Attract – I wish it wasn’t so!
How different can two people be and still make for a good marriage? From my experience, practicing ‘grace’ and ‘forgiveness’ go a long way to making things work.
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Pre-marriage: what to consider!
Marriage is all about doing life with someone instead of going through life alone. It’s about having that one person you can depend on and engage with through the good times and the bad ones. These types of things shouldn’t get in the way of that, but should instead be a playing out of that…
Anita Jacob
Healing families, mending relationships and fully embracing who you were made to be.
Anita Jacob 