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Trust"Trust is habitual reciprocity that becomes coated by emotion." - David Brooks* What a fantastic definition of trust. I am often asked, "What is...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 26, 2021There are no comments yet. 15720 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Does Size Matter?All joking aside, a tidbit on gender and the emotional brain in Scientific American Mind (SAM) July/August 2013, shares that women have a larger caudate nucleus...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 19, 2021There are no comments yet. 16842 Views
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You, Me, and our Marriage (Three Entities)Recently I wrote about the Isaacs definition of love, and it got me to thinking again about the third entity: your marriage (as in each of you and your relationship...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 16028 Views
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Premarital and Couples: How Long is Your Restoration Cycle?When you get upset with your partner and a repair is made, how long does it take for your emotions, thoughts, and body to restore to equilibrium? I can almost...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 5, 2021There are no comments yet. 15226 Views
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Premarital and Couples: What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay in VegasWhat Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas--NOT! Even though there is little traveling now due to Covid, the principles here still hold. These two quotes are from...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 19, 2021There are no comments yet. 16680 Views
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Premarital and Couples: "I - You" Statements"I - You" Statements. No, that's not a typo. I hear these a lot when I encourage partners to use "I statements" or to share how s/he is feeling....
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 15140 Views
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Premarital and Couples: "Now I Trust in the System"While maintaining confidentiality, I wanted to share this quote I heard in my office a while back. I've been training another therapist in Couples Counseling,...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 5, 2021There are no comments yet. 15856 Views
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"To a man, talk is work; to a woman it's reward.""Men talk . . . all the time . . . in normal daily intercourse, men never shut up . . . Three men building a stone wall. Talk, talk, talk. . . On and on . ....
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 29, 2021There are no comments yet. 16134 Views
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Know a Book Agent or Publisher?Dear Readers, I hope you are all as well as can be during this time. I am humbly asking for your help if you know a book agent or someone in traditional publishing...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 21, 2021Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Jan 24, 2021 at 12:52 pm | 2 comments | 16492 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Join the Club . . .. . . of women who do not complain about their husbands (and talk with them instead). On the one hand, some women will not say negative things about her husband...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 15, 2021There are no comments yet. 14973 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Do Women Truly Want Men to be Vulnerable?I think women want men to be emotionally vulnerable. I don't think women want men to be career, financially, or physically vulnerable. This is a conundrum. For...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 31, 2020There are no comments yet. 19400 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Emotional ForensicsIf you've watched a crime show or read a mystery, you know the investigator looks at the crime and then works his or her way back to figure out what happened, and...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 24, 2020There are no comments yet. 15610 Views
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Premarital and Couples: In-Laws and the Holidays: Three TipsI hope you have wonderful, loving, accepting in-laws. Whether you do or not, here are three tips for in-laws and the holidays: 1. Remember that you and your partner...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 18, 2020There are no comments yet. 16503 Views
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Please Join Me: Donate to Second Harvest Food BankI urge you to make a donation to Second Harvest Food Bank. If each of you who reads this donates even $5, that could bring in at least $10,000, providing 20,000...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 11, 2020There are no comments yet. 16642 Views
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"Calling Invisible Women" [and Men] by Jeanne RayCalling invisible Women is an entertaining novel, but it really got me thinking about how women -- or men, may become invisible in a relationship. In the story,...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 4, 2020There are no comments yet. 16253 Views
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Couples and Premarital: Personal Weather Report (TM)Your partner can not read your mind, and my husband can not read mine, either. You actually have to say what's on your mind. One homework exercise I like to give...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 27, 2020There are no comments yet. 18329 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Trump Paid $750 in TaxesAt our house, we believe that black lives matter. We believe it’s time to end racism and sexism. We believe that all people matter and it’s time to end...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Oct. 1, 2020Last comment by Kevin, on Oct 8, 2020 at 1:55 pm | 2 comments | 18007 Views
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Premarital and Couples: See "Buck" for Couple's TipsCheck out the movie Buck; it's ostensibly about Buck and horses, yet it speaks to the way people handle themselves and one another. There's a scene in which Buck...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 25, 2020There are no comments yet. 0 Views
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Premarital and Couples: See "Buck" for Couple's TipsCheck out the movie Buck; it's ostensibly about Buck and horses, yet it speaks to the way people handle themselves and one another. There's a scene in which Buck...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 25, 2020There are no comments yet. 0 Views
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Premarital and Couples: See "Buck" for Couple's TipsCheck out the movie Buck; it's ostensibly about Buck and horses, yet it speaks to the way people handle themselves and one another. There's a scene in which Buck...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 25, 2020There are no comments yet. 0 Views
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