All Things Psychological
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship, marital affair on Jun 26th, 2010
What Couples Can Do To Get Back On Track
It is important to remember that in most cases affairs are symptoms of something deeper that is going on in intimate relationships, of which couples may not have been aware. And here is where I can see the silver lining. The affair is such a shocking event [...]
Posted in love relationship, marital affair on Jun 24th, 2010
We all know the evils of infidelity. In previous blogs I wrote about them, citing statistics, characteristics of who is most likely to cheat, and what can be done to address these issues.
Here I want to approach this subject from a different perspective: infidelity as an alarm system about the state of the relationship, and [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship, women's issues on Jun 7th, 2010
Al and Tipper Gore’s recent announcement to get divorced has created a huge wave of confusion – “What happened? They seemed so happy” – bewilderment -“If they too divorce, who will survive?” - and fear – “If it happened to them, it could happen to me too.”
This last statement is actually the one that gets [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Mar 2nd, 2010
Just added another post in the “Marriage Story” tab above. Make sure you read it and tell your friends! You are witnessing the writing of a book in progress!
Feel free to make a comment about it by clicking on the comment button below.
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Feb 25th, 2010
I have decided to give my readers an extra treat on this blog! If you look up at the navigation button at the top of this blog, click on “A Marriage Story.”
I am about to begin a mulitple post “journey” of a recently married couple, Paul and Francesca. We are going to post each week for a [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Feb 12th, 2010
Valentine’s Day, February 14th, is a celebration of lovers. But, if we go beyond the commercialization of this day, with red roses, fancy dinners and pajama-grams, we can see a deeper, more significant meaning to this day.
Valentine was a bishop who married Romans in secret, celebrating their love for one another, at a time when [...]
Posted in love relationship, marital affair on Jan 10th, 2010
Elements that make people more vulnerable to extra marital infidelity.
In addition to the general situations created by being in long term intimate relationships, there are specific elements that make affairs more likely to occur.
When people live in marital situations where there is a lot of hostility, for instance, an affair may be a way of [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Dec 27th, 2009
From time to time, by following the sexual and emotional escapades of married celebrities, we are reminded of how common and frequent extra-marital affairs are. So much so that latest statistics indicate that in this country 45-55% of all married women and 50-60% of all married men had an affair while in a committed primary [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship on Dec 2nd, 2009
When we are in some kind of emotional pain – we feel depressed, anxious, confused – we become ungrounded and our abilities to tolerate emotional closeness and reap the benefits of it are often compromised. At those times we may tend to isolate, withdraw and avoid close contact, because we feel too vulnerable and are [...]
Posted in love relationship on Nov 30th, 2009
Affective relationships give us a sense of purpose and provide added meanings to our lives, actions, and choices, as they create powerful motivations to set and pursue goals which aim is that of maintaining them. They affect us deeply, offering us opportunities to feel and express emotions that come from our universal need to be [...]
