Divorce
Controlled separation
29/12/11
"I have a therapist who keeps interjecting her opinion & retracting it - one week she TELLS me to leave the guy, the next week she's ok that I didn't - adding to my confusion!, making my stuckness even worse."
Let us say that you do not want to abandon your partnership but would rather repair your coupling. Let us say your spouse is sitting on the fence, and both of you are waiting to see what happens next. Or you want to separate without making matters worse, without becoming bitter enemies. How is it possible to profit through transition? This one would require a structure with guidelines spelled out to reduce much of the guesswork. This structured separation would help each partner gain a fresh perspective on his and her marital impasse. Here was a means for Jill and Jim to take charge and regain control of themselves and their lives. Read More...
Let us say that you do not want to abandon your partnership but would rather repair your coupling. Let us say your spouse is sitting on the fence, and both of you are waiting to see what happens next. Or you want to separate without making matters worse, without becoming bitter enemies. How is it possible to profit through transition? This one would require a structure with guidelines spelled out to reduce much of the guesswork. This structured separation would help each partner gain a fresh perspective on his and her marital impasse. Here was a means for Jill and Jim to take charge and regain control of themselves and their lives. Read More...
Caution in drawing conclusions from research
30/09/11
"A 15-year-long study found that a person’s happiness level before marriage was the best predictor of happiness after marriage. In other words, marriage won’t automatically make one happy." Is that true? Read More...