My mother was meeting Mike for the first time, after hearing about him for many years. Mike Schwass: national speaker, published author, coach, therapist, namesake for the high school Blackhawks MVP award...and quadriplegic.

Is your spouse too controlling? Are you too passive? Or are the roles reversed? Control issues refer to who’s in control, who’s in charge, or who’s getting their way. Significant control issues are always harmful to a relationship. Here are ten reasons you need to be concerned if you have unresolved control problems in your marriage.

It can be scary to experience disillusionment, hurtfulness, and distance in a relationship, especially if it started out intensely romantic and passionate. This article provides perspective on how and why we can move from being so in-love to experiencing so much conflict, and offers hope for an ultimately healthy and rewarding relationship.

Why do you say, “I have a bad marriage?” Maybe what you should be saying is, “I am a bad marriage partner?” The reality is folks, marriage takes a giving and forgiving attitude, and without that, what is left? You tell me what happens when you don’t forgive your spouse?

Too many couples focus on the why of getting better. Read on to discover why the what is much more important.

Guys listen and make sure to listen good. There is more to life than letting your testosterones lead your life.

I was peppered with questions about my income and other personal questions. Pressure was being applied for me to use their service in Belarus at what I thought was a ridiculous usurious rate.

What you appreciate grows. Good management is to appreciate things. Make them bigger. You make people bigger by appreciating them. You make businesses bigger by appreciating its assets. You make relationships bigger by appreciating how much you can do together as a couple (rather than as two individuals) and you make yourself bigger by appreciating life, and the gifts you have.

It's Father’s Day soon, and you're not sure what to get?

Relationships are never perfect and some appear less perfect than others but just because you don't always see eye to eye and just because you have let the relationship slide it doesn't mean to say that you weren't meant to be together.

Sex is just a physical and temporary expression of lust while lovemaking is an emotional and lasting expression of trust.

Do you love to snuggle on the sofa with your loved one? Do you plan your time around this romantic time to cuddle and snuggle together? Do you sometimes wish your recliner would disappear when your loved one chooses it instead of you?

If you have been married for a while, it's easy to get lost in your busy lifestyles. Sometimes you just need to stop and smell the roses.

Sometimes, no matter how hard we try, the time comes when we realize that the relationship is over. Sometimes this is a mutual decision and others the choice of only one. Rest assured though, if you have been in this relationship for any length of time, both people are experiencing a form of loss to varying degrees. Typically, we view this time as an ending. The chapter has concluded and now it is time to turn the page.

Instant Karma is delicious served with bird poop and a dirty tissue. How my Internet relationship led to sweet revenge!

Letting go is never easy, and yet there’re times when all you could do is to let go.

If people are giving you the cold shoulder or have clammed up and gone silent on you, there could be many things going on. Whatever it is, the silent person may be finding it hard to speak out and doesn't feel safe in doing so. When we grew up some of us only learnt to voice our displeasure by silent withdrawal. Here are some tips that I cannot guarantee will work with everyone, as each person and situation is different, however I have certainly found them helpful.

Lately I've had a run of clients having a very hard time getting over the end of a relationship, so let me share some secrets with you about how to heal.

This brief article explores ways to more effectively communicate in your intimate relationship. Relationships tend to be our greatest source of joy or our greatest source of pain. How effectively we communicate typically makes the difference.