by Peter Fox | 1 Aug, 2019 | Connection, Relationships
No matter how you explain it, many children experience you separating from your partner as personal to them – as you leaving them. You can give them a story for their brain to remember, hope they hold on to it for example, that you will do your best to see them...
by Peter Fox | 30 May, 2016 | Couple research, Fair Fighting, Relationships
Quoted directly and in full from Independent Living Resource Centre for Thunder Bay and the Northwestern Ontario Region, Canada. Characteristics of Abusers If the person you love or live with does these things, it’s time to get help: • Keeps track of what you are...
by Peter Fox | 15 Jan, 2016 | Infidelity, Relationships
A pivotal article about the impact of big lies in a relationship, this one from The New York Times. Here’s an excerpt. They were people who had suddenly discovered that their life, as they knew it, was based on a long-term falsehood. They were people who might...
by Peter Fox | 31 Dec, 2015 | Intimacy, Relationships
There is an excellent article on Huffington Post about this pattern. Here is an excerpt. The pulling away typically happens when the relationship seems to be going exceptionally well — usually right after that interim of deep and meaningful connection. This...
by Peter Fox | 26 Jan, 2015 | Connection, Relationships
In intimate relationships, what distinguishes the survivors from the doomed are the former’s long goodbyes and hellos’. Gottman Turning points tend to crystallize in relationships in 6 to 8 year cycles, yet relationships are built and undone one...