4 Memoir Writing Tips for Treasuring a Holiday Memory
When asked "How do you write a memoir?" My answer is simple -- one memory at a time. Here are 4 tips and my memory of "The Italian Family Christmas Tree Challenge" when Grandpa brought home the tallest tree on the farm.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rita Watson, MPH Tags: Creativity Happiness Memory Relationships Source Type: news

Why Breaking Up is So Hard to Do
T’s the season to be jolly. Yet many of us are not exactly jolly; rather, many of us are feeling sad. Indeed, this may be the season for separating from an unsatisfactory relationship. The end of the year could well signal the end of a hurtful union. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frances Cohen Praver, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Therapy cognition depression neuroscience psychotherapy Source Type: news

Better Than Happiness
It may sound strange coming from someone who has written dozens of blogs about happiness and taught a lot of seminars on the subject, to hear that happiness isn’t necessarily all that it’s cracked up to be.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda and Charlie Bloom, Tags: Happiness Philosophy Relationships Resilience family life nazi spirit stressors viktor frankl world Source Type: news

Should You Share Your Toxic Thoughts With Your Partner?
Can your love become stronger by sharing with your partner what you don't like about him or her? read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeffrey Bernstein, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Self-Help love toxic relationships vulnerability Source Type: news

3 Essential Gifts for Your Beloved
Fancy gifts and pricey presents may seem appealing, but daily gifts of time and attention pay off better in the long term in promoting relationship satisfaction.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help Sex appreciation attention gratitude intrinsic gifts love partner romance satisfaction skin hunger touch Source Type: news

10 Ways Any Leader Can Build Trust in the New Year
If you want more engaged, innovative, and passionate contributors where you work, there is one New Year's resolution you will need to make, and keep.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nan S. Russell Tags: Relationships Self-Help Work being a trusted leader Build trust Culture of trust Inc. leadership trust Nan Russell trust the new workplace currency Source Type: news

Why Breakups Are Actually Tougher on Men
Women initiate more divorces than men and women may suffer less post-breakup. The negative physical and emotional health effects of divorce are larger for men, perhaps in part because men depend more on their spouse to encourage healthy behavior and provide emotional support. In addition, men may find it more difficult to seek support during a breakup.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Aura McClintock, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Happiness Health Relationships Source Type: news

Why are Breakups Worse for Men?
Women initiate more divorces than men and women may suffer less post-breakup. The negative physical and emotional health effects of divorce are larger for men, perhaps in part because men depend more on their spouse to encourage healthy behavior and provide emotional support. In addition, men may find it more difficult to seek support during a breakup.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Aura McClintock, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Happiness Health Relationships Source Type: news

Uncovering the Most Toxic Pattern in Relationships
Of all the behaviors that can damage or torpedo relationships, there's one that's been singled out as especially pernicious. Is this a pattern of interaction at your house? Or do you sometimes get perilously close? If so, ignore this post at your own risk.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peg Streep Tags: Happiness Relationships breakups depression divorce gender interactions marriage Source Type: news

Uncovering the Most Toxic Pattern in Relationship
Of all the behaviors that can damage or torpedo relationships, there's one that's been singled out as especially pernicious. Is this a pattern of interaction at your house? Or do you sometimes get perilously close? If so, ignore this post at your own risk....read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peg Streep Tags: Happiness Relationships breakups depression divorce gender interactions marriage Source Type: news

The Power of Befriending Our Feelings
This article offers a path to develop a skillful relationship with the full range of our feelings as they arise in the moment. This is a middle path between avoiding our feelings and fueling them. The article describes a way of being mindful of feelings without merging with them and getting lost in them.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Amodeo, PhD, MFT Tags: Relationships Self-Help Spirituality Therapy Authentic Feelings Befriending Emotions Befriending Feelings Eugene Gendlin Focusing grief guilt mindfulness Necessary Losses self-compassion shame sorrow Source Type: news

Do You Need a Best Friend at Work?
Studies reveal why friends are better at working together than acquaintances.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ron Friedman, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Work friends performance productivity workplace Source Type: news

Don’t Just Salvage Your Relationship—Recreate It!
Positive connotations for the word "salvage" aren’t very favorable. For salvaging something typically involves rescuing it after it’s been all but lost or destroyed. Whatever is retrieved is hardly in the best shape. If you’re in a relationship that has seriously decayed, merely “saving” it from its final demise doesn’t mean you’ve made it all that much better.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Self-Help Stress Source Type: news

The Heart of Confidence
Is your experience with early caregivers the last word? Are people in irrelationships doomed to a life of keeping others “at a safe distance” and never sharing an intimacy? Not necessarily. Developing an “earned secure attachment” is entirely in the cards for those willing to look at their histories and do the work of clearing away the confusion about ourselves and others.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark B. Borg, Jr., Ph.D, Grant H. Brenner, MD, and Daniel Berry, RN, MHA Tags: Relationships Self-Help abusive relationships addiction anger anxious anxious attachment style apathy attachment theory avoidant attachment style co-dependence co-dependency confidence confident counseling relationships cultu Source Type: news

The Problem With Judging Your Partner on a Pass-Fail Basis
Do you know what system you use to evaluate the efforts of your partner? The answer might surprise you (especially if you don't think you use any system at all).read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Gender Happiness Relationships arguments cognitive distortions couples Emotional First Aid emotional hygiene empathy failure marital longevity marital satisfaction marriage perceptions perspecive taking relationsh Source Type: news