Does your brain go on auto-pilot and blame your spouse? Your relationship communication is influenced by your brain. Here's a story about how my brain wandered off and began to blame my husband. Long ago, when I stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes, I listed all the ways my…

Change one word and you'll change your relationship. “We should go out with friends this weekend,” says Ash.  River, who was looking forward to a fun-filled-weekend with Ash, suddenly bristles. River feels his heels dig in and resentment builds in his chest. You’re not the boss of me, he thinks,…

The reason you're not having much sex? It might be that your spouse is afraid. “You love your bike more than you love me.” Sean is lonely in his marriage. His wife, who used to be all over him, falls asleep instead of initiating sex. He used to make her…