10 Ways To Undermine Your Relationship

Posted by Dr. Nicastro - May 8, 2013 - Guest Expert, Relationship Advice

Today’s marriage and relationship help tips is written by guest expert, Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT. Thanks Lisa for sharing your expertise with my strengthen your relationship readers! Intimate relationships thrive on emotional safety. The more each partner feels they can turn towards each other, seek shelter in each other from the storms of life, the [...]

Why Creating A Healthy Relationship Is Like Making A Movie

Posted by Dr. Nicastro - September 27, 2012 - Guest Expert, Relationship Advice

Today’s marriage and relationship advice post is written by guest expert, Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT. Thanks Lisa for sharing your experience and wisdom with my strengthen your relationship readers! As a couples therapist and an ex-Hollywood Assistant Director, I have unique insight into both careers. Throughout my twenties I ran around with youthful exuberance on [...]

Love and Fear: Learning to Love Fearlessly

Posted by Dr. Nicastro - June 21, 2012 - Couple Spotlight--Hear from Other Couples, Guest Expert, Relationship Advice

We all exist in relationships (with loved ones, family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc.), and it is within these relationships that we often learn valuable life lessons. And one of the most important lessons that our relationships impart to us is the lesson of how to be in relationship. People hunger for relationship help information about [...]

Relationship Help For Men: Why Empathy is Central in Your Relationship

Posted by Dr. Nicastro - April 20, 2012 - Guest Expert, Relationship Advice for Men

Today’s blog post is written by guest expert, Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT A recent article in ScienceDaily.com is titled, “Women Happier in Relationships Where Men Feel Their Pain.” Those of us in the field of relationship therapy have known that empathy is a cornerstone of a healthy, connected relationship. However, men and women actually want [...]

Why Couples Need to Practice Acceptance

Posted by Dr. Nicastro - January 7, 2012 - Guest Expert

(In today’s guest blog post, Barbara Peters explores an issue that is essential to building a healthy marriage/relationship: How to make mutual acceptance a regular part of your relationship.) While it might be easy to accept the big abstract philosophies and universal truths our partners spout from time to time, it can be irritatingly difficult [...]