Romantic Relationships

"Our beliefs of what love is and how we show it, comes from our past experiences. "

"Many of us mistake love to be only a feeling."

"We all have unique patterns of expressing hurt, anger, sadness, disappointment, resentment or rage during a fight. Sometimes these emotions can erupt intensely only with our spouse and no other human on earth"

"Experiencing a feeling of being stuck in our intimate relationships can be very frustrating."

"It is important to understand that sometimes we may have high expectations because we obviously want to choose the best from what we’ve got."

"There is no perfect formula to make a marriage work. Both arranged and love marriages have their own strengths and faults."

"Family power can be defined as the ability of one individual to change the behavior of the other family members."

"Our culture has a large role to play in how we view love and giving. This applies to love not only in romantic relationships but also in how we interact with friends and family."

"Many of us might have trouble believing there is such a thing as love/relationship addiction because loving someone is not a bad thing"

"The value of healthy open communication in any relationship, especially a marriage, can never be overstated. Prolonged communication problems between spouses can end up seriously damaging a relationship as neither partner truly understands what the other is like."

"The good news is that it is always possible to improve our marriage and make it even stronger by simply becoming aware of each other’s most important emotional needs, those needs that brought us together in the first place, and then learning how to meet them."

"Boundaries make me recognize that I am the person responsible for my feelings – if I allow my partner to sway them, it is precisely because I have allowed that!"