My client Robert tells me about how his wife dislikes him spending time with a close family member of his. This is someone super important to him, who he really wants to see more often. Does your partner ever object to who you spend time with? Robert goes on for a bit about the details of the situation. He’s a […]
Tom looks across the dinner table at his wife of twenty years. He’s eating the same breaded chicken and mashed potatoes that he’s eaten once a week for the last god knows how many years. Some words are exchanged. His wife does most of the talking. Tom notices how much his wife likes to talk. And how little he cares about what she has to […]
An aerospace engineer rocks it all day at work. But when he comes home, his wife makes it clear that he is not rocking it with her Before he even lays down his shoulder bag, she says, “Did you take care of the credit card issue?” F*#k, I spaced. What do I tell her? She sees the look in his […]
There’s something in your relationship. Something you avoid talking about with your partner. Something under the surface. A stress. A fear. A sense of something not right. Something not out in the open. Do you feel that something with your partner? Maybe you bury it down. Or you kick it down the road. Maybe it’s a rock you fear looking under. Or […]
Life just happens. It often just passes us by. And in our busyness, be it work, marriage or raising kids, we often focus on what’s immediately in front of us, instead of what’s really important to us. As a result, we often lose our partner like a passing ship in the night. We don’t know when it happened but it […]
My wife is sexually shut down; I hear these words often from men. After many years in marriage, other priorities have taken over. Sex is last on her list. And that’s frustrating as hell. Are you asking yourself… Why won’t my wife have sex with me? You may know the reasons. She’s exhausted with work, the kids, and home. But […]
Tim was one of those ‘successful’ guys with the six figure income, the nice house, two sweet kids, the beautiful wife, and big yard. From the outside, you’d have no idea that inside that beautiful house, his beautiful wife was…well, not so beautiful. In truth, she was a bully. She consistently reprimanded and demeaned Tim. Are you in a relationship with an abusive woman? […]
A clenched fist. It’s a classic symbol of strength, power, and triumph. It’s been used all the world over for over a century in protests, marches, and political struggles. And yet in the day in and day out struggle of a man’s life – be it the fight to keep his marriage alive, the struggle to keep his kids happy, […]
Remember when you first fell in love? The fireworks. Spark. Excitement. Sex. Chemistry. Compatibility. That desire to be together all the time. The urge to merge. The yearning to lose yourself in one another. A beautiful sense of oneness. The ultimate love. No secrets, no boundaries, no struggles. You let her in fully. She let you in fully. You were […]
Rick was a successful entrepreneur. The kind of guy who kicked ass at work. Good looking, fit, smart. He didn’t seem like the kind of guy who played small in the world. But at home, that’s precisely what he did. He tried not to upset his wife. He walked on eggshells around her. And he swirled in one question. How can […]
