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The Danger of Evaluating Your Spouse 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

Ten Important Questions You Should Ask a Potential Partner
Many relationships fall apart because the partners don't really know what to expect from each other once they become involved. Knowing what questions to ask early on can quickly pave the way to authentic and heroic mutual understanding.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Randi Gunther, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help love relationship advice romantic love Source Type: news

Why Holiday Traditions May Matter More than Ever
Being mindful of the importance of holiday traditions and how they provide organizing, centering, and consoling benefits may help us to respect the wishes of important others and find ways to make the holidays a wonderful rather than a highly stressful experience.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Ph.D., ABPP Tags: Happiness Relationships Social Life Spirituality Stress Therapy holidays religious traditions Source Type: news

One Great Excuse for Delaying Your Chrismas Shopping
And it helps if you know they won't complain, or return anything.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Donna Barstow Tags: Animal Behavior Happiness Relationships animal lover choosing the right present Christmas Christmas presents holiday presents Pets pets at christmas Source Type: news

Do You See Gifts Wrapped With Symbolic Meaning?
Gifts are wrapped with wrapping paper and with symbolic social meaning. While the right gift says, “I really know you and love you,” the wrong gift can hurt our social image and aggravate relationship problems. But some gift givers worry a bit too much about what others will think of them and their holiday gifts and they get themselves into an unnecessary gift giver tizzy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shawn M. Burn, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Stress holiday gifts holidays how to reduce holiday stress Source Type: news

Can a Computer Tell When You Are Lying?
If I fed a transcript of your communications into a computer, could the computer tell if you were lying? In a review of 44 studies, some cues to deception were unearthed by the computer programs. In important ways, though, the computers were really pretty lame at figuring out who was lying.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Relationships Self-Help Social Life computerized lie detection computers contexts for lying cues to deception deception-detection distancing emotions feelings about lying Lie-detection linguistic cues motivation Pin Source Type: news

Tips for Sensitive People to Protect Their Energy
Sensitive people have the ability to be emotional sponges that can heighten when they are at a social event, around co-workers or in crowds. Learn how to manage your senstivity more effectively and stay centered without absorbing negative energies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judith Orloff, M.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help Social Life emotional sponges emotions empaths empathy finding balance hsp negativity sensitive people staying centered Source Type: news

The Pathologies of Cultures of Honor and Shame
Cultures of honor and shame yield many undesirable outcomes at both the individual and group levels. One’s misplaced pride to save face can lead to shameful behaviors possessing little to no honor.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gad Saad, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships accepting one ' s mistakes admitting to wrongdoings apologizing Armenian genocide culture of honour and shame debate Lebanon psychoanalysis self-analysis self-insight Turkish honour Source Type: news

5 Tips for Talking About Holiday Spending with Your Spouse
More than 60 percent of people either overspend during the holidays or have a spouse or partner who overspends. How do you talk about it?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kerry Patterson Tags: Behavioral Economics Happiness Relationships Self-Help compulsive spending difficult conversations Finances husband husband and wife money spouse talking Source Type: news

9 Tips to Stop Anger and Injustice from Hurting You
Stop past hurts from hurting you now by dissolving anger and feelings of injustice. 9 tips and know-bits to get you started on release and freedom from trauma and betrayal.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Beth Darnall Tags: Happiness Health Relationships Self-Help anger betrayal of trust betrayal trauma chronic pain injustice pain and suffering somatic pain Source Type: news

5 Things About Your Memory That You Shouldn't Forget
We bask in the memories of moments in life that made us feel happy and proud and take heed of those that brought us pain, sorrow, or disappointment. But how accurate or reliable are our memories exactly? A closer look at the science of recall...read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peg Streep Tags: Memory Relationships cognition decision-making judgment learning from the past recall trust Source Type: news

A Rose in December
A Christmas story that happened today.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Spirituality Work inspiring stories inspiring story random act of kindness Source Type: news

I'll Ride With You
The kindness and courage of everyday Australians are an example of the power of loving actions in the face of anger and fear. They also light the way as examples of how you can better your life and the lives of those around you.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leslie Becker-Phelps, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships anger fear hate love loving actions prejudice Source Type: news

Notes on Biographical Writing
To write biography is to become another person's habitat and part of the history of storytelling.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Molly S. Castelloe, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Evolutionary Psychology Relationships Adam Phillips anna freud authetic author biographer biography childhood collective comparison consciousness desire ego ego ideal Elisabeth Young-Bruehl empathize empathy Source Type: news

What to Ask Yourself Before Committing to a Relationship
How can we decide on one person as a life partner? Long-married couples suggest you ask three key questions.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. Tags: Aging Happiness Relationships Self-Help advice Love and Marriage older people the good life wisdom Source Type: news