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Trust vs. Control: How to Rebuild Trust Without Falling Into the Trap of Control

Attitude, Dishonesty, Marriage, Positive Thinking, Relationships, Trust

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Have you ever had your trust broken or has there been a breach of trust between you and a loved one?

What a silly question, right? We all have had our trust broken. When this foundation on which we build all relationships is rocked, it can feel almost impossible to rebuild. You and I don’t realize sometimes how important trust is in our everyday lives until we are smacked in the face with deception, hurt, or uncertainty. Sitting in a chair is a choice of trust. Driving in your car is a risky decision, yet we do it every day at 50 to 70 miles per hour or more. When it comes to relationships, many times we ignore or aren’t aware of how much trust plays a role in how we relate to others and how they relate to us.

by Brandon Coussens, LMFT

Positive Attention

Positive Attention: Can it save your marriage?

Communication, Marriage, Positive Attention, Positive Thinking, Relationships

Forgiveness

Forgiving and Forgetting? A better way to heal relationships!

Arguments, Forgivneness, Love, Marriage, Resolving Conflict

Have you ever been told by your spouse, "You need to forgive and forget." I have lots of couples come in where one partner reports that the other partner broke their trust and they are not sure how to deal with it. They also say that when they…

A person with their fingers crossed behind their back with the title: 5 Ways Lying Destroys Marriages

5 Ways Lying Destroys Marriages

Communication, Dishonesty, Marriage, Relationships, Resolving Conflict

Happy Mind

Happy Mind, Happy Relationship

Love, Marriage, Positive Thinking, Relationships

How can a relationship be improved by just improving your mind? People talk about improving your mind to stay smart and move up in your career or create a new invention or get invited on Jeopardy. Who thinks about improving the mind to improve…

LOVE

Intentional Love: Loving like never before during the season of love.

Love, Marriage, Relationships

Do you ever feel like you say, "I love you" all the time? Does it ever feel like you use it like a security blanket? Almost like, if you didn't say it, maybe the love would stop or your spouse or significant other would stop loving you, be angry…

Hands

What Does Intimacy Have to Do With Sex?

Over the past year, as I have continually worked with couples to improve their marriages, I have noticed that couples tend to have major differences in their view of what sex should be like in a marriage. Most of the time, couples tend to…

Thanksgiving

Thankful for Thanksgiving

How redundant is the title of this blog post? Yet, every year around this time I get a magical feeling bringing me back to my childhood home and the memories that flood back to me when I remember the years that have gone by. I am truly thankful…

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What has happened to men?: 7 challenges to get back to being a real man

Over the past 100 years, a man’s role and way of being has changed dramatically. More men are coming to the understanding that they have an emotional side to them. Men are now less effective as the leader of their families. Men are now not…

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