Businesses use various things like bonuses and vacation time to keep employees motivated. While these don’t offer immediate gratification, they often work because theyincreasemorale and give employees something tolook forwardto in the future. The same is true in your relationship. Looking forward to...
If you give all of your time and interest to your husband, you will end up expecting him to give you all the “thrill“ that you were once receiving from all sorts of different things. When we neglect our friends, hobbies, passions, our time alone, and therefore leave ourselves without ...
Over time, if the emotional bond between you weakens, it can create a feeling of detachment.When deep conversations, shared experiences, and intimate moments fade, your wife may start to feel emotionally distant. She might miss the closeness you once shared and, without it, begin to feel less...
Yet, because he is being so unattractive now (i.e. by being insecure, doubting his attractiveness to her, being emotionally sensitive), she is starting to really like the idea of potentially having an affair or asking for a separation or divorce. ...
Parents who were abusive to you as a child, either verbally, emotionally, physically, or sexually, are also, by definition, emotionally neglectful. If they had been emotionally attuned to you enough, they would not have been able to treat you this way. If your parents were/are abusive in ...
If your partner has decided they're ready fordivorceand it's time to emotionally leave a marriage, it can be a trying process. Going through an emotional divorce means you're distancing yourself emotionally from your partner. For some spouses, this happens before thedivorce. For others, it ...
How Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Big 5 Trait of Openness to Better Understand Themselves How Emotionally Intelligent People Use Openness to Achieve Greater Focus and Lower Stress Do You Live to Work or Work to Live? Your Answer Can Reveal What...
If there is one thing that helps people improve themselves and grow in a relationship, it is to become more and moreemotionally intelligent.Emotional intelligence(aka,emotional maturity) has many benefits to a person as well as to a relationship. It requires a person to identify and understand ...
Avoidant or Disorganized Attachment: You might shut down emotionally, feel trapped, or decide to break up to avoid intimacy. To improve self-esteem, I highly recommend “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem.” by Nathaniel Branden. Additional Advice on Self-Care, Self-Love and Growth 1. Deeper wou...
What I’ve found is that love flows so much more freely between a man and a woman when they are able to smile, laugh and look at life in a more positive light.Yet, as a man, you can’t expect your woman to be the emotionally strong one for the both of you and then lead the ...