As kids, most of us learned to say, “I’m sorry” only after we got caught. Such apologies got mixed up with a fair amount of shaming, judgement and punishment from our caretakers or the school principal. This was part of our socialization. We were learning…
You’ve been housebound, working from home while juggling homeschooling, unemployed, stranded on lockdown without your friend circles. Finally, you can get away, ditch the people you’ve been locked up with, escape family responsibilities, connect with friends and be free again. Spending even more time with…
Watch out for post pandemic couples’ conflict! Couples automatically become a great team in a crisis when they temporarily stuff their stress. In order to get through an ordeal, a lot of couples compartmentalize their feelings. They suppress their annoyance, fear, burnout or anger with…
Have you ever noticed how often apologies backfire? And then start another argument? Apologies are so misunderstood! I believe that the reason that couples don’t apologize enough to one another because A) couples don’t know how B) they have false expectations about apologies C) apologies…