by Richard Sussman | Apr 29, 2021 | Couples, Happiness, Spiritual Counseling
In his 1937 bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, American self-help author Napoleon Hill famously wrote, “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.” As the title and...
by Richard Sussman | Oct 19, 2020 | Couples
2020 has been a challenging year for most of us personally and certainly as a collective society. Between COVID-19 and the global pandemic, stay-at-home-orders, social distancing requirements and homeschooling children, as well as racial and social unrest, the fires...
by Richard Sussman | Jun 2, 2019 | Couples
Using “I feel” statements to make rather than break your relationship Feelings are indicators about what interests and is important to us, and the expression of feelings is essential for establishing connection and creating intimacy in romantic partnerships. We have...
by Richard Sussman | Jul 21, 2018 | Couples
In the course of your life there will be incidents where certain people will act in ways that are hurtful or injurious to you. Whether a single incident or repeated offenses, these upsetting actions can be experienced as so offensive that a powerful grievance builds...
by Richard Sussman | Apr 23, 2018 | Couples, Infidelity
The disclosure of an affair can be one of the most devastating events affecting a committed and intimate relationship. The faithful partner’s pain when faced with such betrayal and breach of trust is often too great for the relationship to survive. However, if the...
by Richard Sussman | Apr 8, 2018 | Couples
When relationships fail to satisfy us, often it’s not because of any inherent flaw in them, but because of the unrealistic expectations we place on them. We count on them to make up for our privations and disappointments from earlier life. We put our partners in the...
