Emotional Intelligence for Better Relationships
When you are interacting with people that only want what they want, regardless of how it affects you, you’re in for a very dysfunctional, and possibly emotionally harmful situation.
It’s important to know your line and know when people cross it, then honor that line so that you don’t lose a bit of yourself.
(Transcript of this episode follows) [Read more…]
If you’ve been the victim or the perpetrator of infidelity, or you suspect that there might be cheating in your relationship, this article will help you understand several important aspects of the cheater’s behavior, the cheating partner’s perspective, and what both partners need to focus on if they are planning on saving the relationship after the affair is discovered.
Whether you want to save your relationship or not, this article will be a good resource to help you understand the perspective of both partners.
A relationship can survive infidelity if both partners want to work on it, but there are some challenging steps ahead for the couple on this path.
This article is a path to understanding the basic components of the cheater, cheating in general, and what it takes to create a successful relationship during the rebuilding process. [Read more…]
In any relationship, mixed messages are the key to diminishing trust and certainty. When communication is based on deception to make others think one thing while you do or say another, you introduce confusion and sometimes even a bit of insanity.
There’s a great lie many of us use throughout life called a quantifier.
A quantifier indicates the quantity of something. Anytime you insert quantifiers in a statement about what you can or can’t do, you may inadvertently limit your capacity to succeed.
Here are some examples:
“Everyone knows that won’t work”
“He is always mad at me”
“I can’t do that because no one would like it” [Read more…]
Cheating might be the end of most relationships, but many couples have survived and thrived after an affair. There are many components to infidelity so it’s important to understand it from all sides.
In this episode, I explore the basics of cheating and what will allow your relationship to survive and heal after the affair.
Other articles on surviving the affair here:
https://theoverwhelmedbrain.com/healing-the-relationship-before-and-after-the-affair/ (based on this episode)
https://theoverwhelmedbrain.com/infidelity/
Tune into Love and Abuse, the podcast about poisonous communication and toxic behavior for more information on working through difficult relationships.