Emotionally Intelligent Couples

Based on the webinar How Small Actions Make Big Impacts: Daily acts of love to improve your relationship presented by Kimberly Panganiban, LMFT, CGT on November 14, 2023.

Based on the webinar Preventing Roommate Syndrome: Balancing Love and Everyday Life presented by Genesis Games, LMHC on October 12, 2023.

In her book, The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, anxiety, and more , Elaine Taylor-Klaus introduces concepts and tools from a coach-approach to parenting. The following excerpt from the first chapter, "This Kid is Really Smart, but..." identifies six key challenge areas that families tend to face when raising children with neurodivergence and/or chronic medical conditions. In the context of the chapter's key strategy to navigate challenges, "Shedding the Shoulds," she offers this conversation about letting go of resentment as a strategy for helping people to learn to operate from their own inner guide.

A good relationship includes having fights.

Being open and vulnerable creates the foundation for a healthy relationship.

Here's the key to listening non-defensively.

By making a request, we give the other party the opportunity to meet us in our needs.

Life becomes more complex as we age, but the benefits that come from having secure connections continue through every phase of life.