Posts Tagged ‘Understand’

Have a fundamental change of attitude from “Me” to “We.”

Focus on serving the self can seem rewarding in the present, but often leads to disconnection in your relationship and lack of attention to the needs of your spouse. In the long-run, your relationship will suffer as both partners begin to guard their own self-interests at the expense of the other. Instead, pursue win-win solutions [...]

29 Ways to Strengthen and Celebrate Marriage: Tip #2

Listen to understand instead of listening to fix – Wanting to fix things for someone we care for is normal. However, often when a spouse shares their struggles with their partner, they are in pursuit of validation and understanding rather than solutions. Ironically, providing a supportive, listening ear in these cases is the best medicine [...]

Articles Published by New Haven Therapists and Staff
  • One of the main reasons I became a Recreation Therapist is because of my love of nature and the joy that I experience from being outside. I remember as a child, especially in the summer time, my siblings and I would spend hours roaming outside, exploring and using our imaginations to go on adventures and [...]

  • This can be a common belief among most middle and high school aged girls. Teen girls’ priorities become more focused on what is considered to be acceptable by others, such as: boys, social groups, sports, and extracurricular activities, not including the science Olympiad, of course. Even though females tend to excel in science even more [...]

  • There is one debate that stands out in human history. It is an ancient debate–common to every human discipline that attempts to understand human behavior and the human condition. The debate is often called determinism vs. freewill, however, dozens of terms can be attributed to the debate. Both sides of the debate have derived evidence [...]