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- The Parenting Wars: How to Stop Battling over Parenting Styles - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Jay LindsayFred and Kate clashed constantly over how to parent their six year-old son, Jerry. “Kate lets Jerry get away with murder.” complained Fred. “It’s anarchy!” “Fred’s always on Jerry’s case.” Kate countered. “He jumps on Jerry for the slightest infraction.” Fred saw Kate’s parenting style ...
Views: 1501(2 votes) - Can Opposites Be Compatible? - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Jay LindsayMary, a young wife, sat in my office looking at me with a hopeless expression. "We're just too different," she said. "We don't get along... and we never will." Her husband Tom nodded solemnly. "Yes, we're complete opposites. We clash constantly. We're incompatible, and I don't see that ...
Views: 866(3 votes) - I've Had an Affair… Now What? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Jay LindsayMichelle called me from San Francisco. She had found my website about the private marital therapy weekend intensives I do for couples in crisis. Several days earlier, Michelle had admitted to her husband, Tom, that she was having an extramarital affair. The affair was with an old boyfriend ...
Views: 2337(1 vote) - What to Do if Your Spouse Says, I am Not Happy. - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Jay LindsayYour spouse tells you, “I’m not happy with our marriage. Some days I just don’t care.” What do you do? You ask your spouse what you’ve been doing or not doing that has contributed to the unhappiness and you listen carefully. Fortunately, there is a research study that can guide you ...
Views: 2407 - What Keeps Marital Fights Going - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jay LindsayDo you and your partner have the same fights over and over again? All couples do, some more than others. In my previous article, I discussed what repetitive fights are really about: the anxiety couples experience when recurring conflicts erode their closeness. In this article I will ...
Views: 1076(2 votes) - Saving Your Marriage from an Affair - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jay LindsayKathy found me on line and called me from her home in Atlanta. The night before, her husband Jim, a corporate executive, had confessed that he had recently ended an eight-month affair with his administrative assistant. Kathy was devastated, but she wanted to save her marriage. Now she was ...
Views: 1229(2 votes) - What Marital Fights are Really About - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Jay LindsayHere’s an illustration: Bill and Barb sat in my office describing the frequent fights they’d been having at home. According to them, their fights were about Bill’s failure to complete home improvement projects and Barb’s frustration about this. Three major projects were unfinished. ...
Views: 728 - Formula for a Great Marriage - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Jay Lindsay“How can I experience a really great marriage?” As a marital therapist, I’m often asked this question or some variation of it. My answer? It’s in a formula I’ve developed over the past 30 years. I’ve shared it with hundreds of couples. Now I’ll share it with you. I call it The AEI ...
Views: 928(1 vote) - A Marriage To Remember - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Jay LindsaySeveral weeks ago my best friend from high school, “Big Bad John” Friedrich, died in Westfield, New York after a 19-year battle with Huntington’s chorea, a devastating disease of the central nervous system that is hereditary. During my junior and senior years, John and I sang together in a ...
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