Friday, June 14th, 2019
Building Your Support Network
When is the last time someone gave you the peace of their heart rather than a piece of their mind? Having a knowledgeable and empathetic support network is a...
Tag Archives: Interpersonal Boundaries
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019What is a Healthy Boundary?
A healthy boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins. The purpose of healthy boundaries is to facilitate healthy relationships, not to shut relationships down. Healthy boundaries... -
Monday, May 27th, 2019
How Do We Define Our Relationship Boundaries?
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of changing. In his book Out of the Doghouse, Dr. Robert Weiss defines cheating as... -
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery
Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. An immense amount of mental and physical health research shows that isolated/separated individuals suffer both emotionally and physically. Conversely, people who place a... -
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019Open Relationships
Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies. History has no place for them. The simple truth is that if we want an open relationship, even while in sexual recovery,... -
Monday, May 6th, 2019Developing Empathy for Your Partner
Beautiful souls do not just happen. As sex addicts, we tend to hurt the people we love. The single biggest step we can take toward repairing our broken relationships... -
Saturday, April 13th, 2019Loving the Word “No”
Learning to say no expands our ability to say yes and mean it. Most of us are taught from a young age to “people please.” This means we’re supposed... -
Sunday, March 24th, 2019Adult-Life Symptoms of Covert Incest
The obvious signs of covert incest are obscured from plain view. It is like the air in the room – it’s here, but you don’t see it. Covert incest... -
Saturday, January 12th, 2019Learning to Disagree in Healthy and Productive Ways
Honest disagreement is a sign of relationship progress. Disagreements are inevitable, even in good relationships. And that’s a good thing. Believe it or not, arguments can evolve into deeper...