GAG YOUR NAGGING

August 7, 2021Algazi Family Counselig

When you have a gripe with your significant other, it’s kind of normal to “NAG” You never mean to NAG exactly… you just want to feel heard by him or her, who you say you love. You want, whatever your message, to inspire the desired change in your partner. Some mornings, like today, “Amber” started […]

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THINK YOU NEED A DIVORCE TOO?

THINK YOU NEED A DIVORCE TOO?

May 9, 2021Algazi Family Counselig

Bill and Melinda Gates are not the only ones who have decided to divorce during these trying times. As the threat of the virus lessens, the decision to move ahead with major life-changes, for better or worse, has risen to front and center. (Just for the record, I don’t view the Gates’s marriage as any […]

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“SHOULD “MELISSA” CHANGE … JUST TO KEEP ‘BRAD HAPPY?”

March 11, 2019A KINDER AND GENTLER "WALL"

    Yes… within reason. Change is inevitable, desirable for you, for “Brad” and for your marriage. It’s all a matter of degree, I told “Melissa.” It does need to go both ways; your husband has to be willing to bend some, too. Changing small things about yourself to please your partner is part of […]

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DID YOU RETURN HIS LINGERIE GIFT?

December 28, 2018"cracked" communication

The final ritual of any year-end celebration includes taking down the tree, putting away decorations and returning those gifts, which aren’t quite right. The one gift most likely to returned after the holidays is LADY’S  LINGERIE.  (And yes, I’ve written about this before.) It seems that men like to give these pretty little things more than […]

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SHARED SMILES AND … COCA COLA

July 13, 2018CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?

The longer a couple is together, their number of shared smiles and laughs is likely to diminish.   This is not fake news.                                           It is, however,  a perfect set-up for what can become an UN-LOVEstory. […]

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THE “QUESTION” OF INTIMACY… WITH FRIENDS AND LOVERS

May 19, 2018"Questions" for intimacy

 If you are craving more intimacy with the people in your life… and you are failing miserably…  one problem may be that you are asking the wrong questions and/or asking them at the wrong time. .  GENERIC QUESTIONS, like  “How are you?”  or     “How ARE you?” or “How are YOU?” are intimacy-busters and are […]

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“I HATE MY HUSBAND”

May 5, 2018"cracked" communication

 “I hate my husband…. Now what should I do?” “Lori, once a college cheer leader, now a housewife, married for 22 years, wailed when she spoke about her “unfulfilling” marriage to “Tim” the once-captain of their college’s basketball team.  “We were destined for a ‘charmed’ life. At least that’s what I thought. That’s what he […]

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