What Really Motivates People – Love or Power?

Think about it for a moment. Which feels more true to you — people will do anything for love, or people will do anything for power? How People’s Motivations Develop By the time kids are in elementary school, they realize people act for reasons beyond the obvious. A parent doesn’t ban ball games near the […]

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Breaking the Norm: Fostering a Healthier Relationship with Your Body

American women are, on average, dissatisfied with their bodies. Twenty-five years ago, almost half of all American women reported that overall, they do not like their bodies. [1] So many women were reporting being unhappy with their bodies that a term was coined, “normative discontent.” And no wonder! So many messages we receive each day are […]

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Perfect or Good Enough?

Stop Being Perfect and Just Be Good Enough While perfectionism breeds high performance, high achievement, innovation, and other positive adaptive traits, it comes at a cost. Perfectionism also breeds procrastination, harsh criticism, results-focused thinking, rigidity, fear of failure, and insecurity. Beneath the surface, perfectionism often stems from a deep-rooted need to feel safe, accepted, and […]

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“I flipped my  @#$%  lid!”

Anger is a basic human emotion and a normal adaptive response to threats. But it can be destructive to our health and relationships if we don’t know how to manage it effectively, especially in a partnership.

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Is my relationship healthy?

High conflict marriages without much affection are very bad for our health. In contrast, living in the midst of good, warm relationships is protective. 

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