Clik here to view.
Communication Management
“The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” When lines of communications are not open or are not clear it is common for misunderstanding to become exaggerated and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing Unspoken Expectations
(A man surveying the results of an iceberg named ‘hypergamy’) “Expectations that go unspoken do not infer consent.” Icebergs of Navigational Routes Unspoken expectations, conditions,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing Trust & Distrust
“The most effective way to maintain trust is NOT to break it” Wisdom of Spaghetti Westerns I honestly don’t know where I first learned the basics of developing trust. I’ll credit my Mother...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MANAGING INTIMACY
“My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem, but they don’t really know me” Love Songs, Ballads & Bullshit… “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” With this opening lyric of a cover...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Managing Conflict
“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional” The Nature of Relationship Conflict Real conflicts in relationships are more than just elements associated with let downs, frustrations, incivility or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE-STABILITY
“A stable ship can sail unstable seas…” The Stability and Longevity Relationship Longevity has always been synonymous with equaling success and a direct ramification of longevity is stability. If we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIP QUALITY
“Quality is never achieved by dropping standards…” If you don’t have the ability to interact with, entice and compel your partner to invest herself with your time, presence and service (what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MAINTAINING DIALECTICAL TENSIONS
“Build bridges and walls to include as well as exclude” Dialectic what? A dialectic tension is the perceived contradiction in personal relationships between two desirable goals or values that appear to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Article 0
“If you safeguard virtue, it will in turn safeguard you” Exhibit what you seek Misplaced trust can extract a terribly high cost in the form of betrayal and the full calamity that unfolds with it. Since...
View Article
