by Christine Hammond on January 14, 2013
Your spouse is going to rant about something sooner or later. Unfortunately the ranting may even be about the same topic, the same people, or the same circumstances you have heard about a thousand times before. In your response, you are likely to fall into a pattern of defending, explaining, shutting down, minimizing or personalizing… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on August 25, 2012
It happens. You are driving down the left side of highway slightly faster than normal because you are late. Suddenly someone cuts you off causing the breaks to be slamed and almost results in an accident. Instantly, feelings of rage emerge. Or your spouse promises they will be home by a certain time. You make… (more…)
by Christine Hammond on August 24, 2012
College towns are hard to get around just on foot because of the distance between classes and dorms, so as a college student, I took up bike riding. One day while riding in the street, granted I was riding in the opposite direction of traffic which is strangely prophetic of my college years, my wheel… (more…)