I was interviewed by Jennine Estes, MFT and Jennifer Chappell Marsh, MFT for their podcast, “The Couple Fix.” We talked about things to consider before walking down the aisle. So many couples get so...
Category - Relationships
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
The Emotional Disconnection of Not Allowing Your Partner In
Richard Nicastro, PhD offers his wisdom around why people often don’t invite help from their partners and how this communication breakdown can lead to misunderstandings in relationships. He challenges you to...
Richard Nicastro, PhD
5 Tips to Practice Self Care in your Relationships
It’s just as important to take care of yourself while in a relationship – as tending to the relationship itself. The same thing goes for your friendships, family and others in your inner circle. To be the...
Key Insights | Parenting : Keeping an Emotionally Healthy Attitude About Sports
The National Alliance for Sports recently reported that “70% of children drop out of organized sports by age 13.” The reasons cited include injuries from overuse (specializing in one sport at too young of...
Key Insights | Ask Lisa : My boyfriend has been abusive, has a drinking problem but is getting help. Should I stay?
My boyfriend and I have been dating for 9 months. We were long distance for the past four months while I get my degree abroad. We were both excited to see each other once I returned. Due to the fact he lives on a...
A Husband Speaks: A Tale of Depression and Love
A husband writes anonymously about the struggles around his wife’s sudden onset of mental illness. In the summer of 2009, my wife and I were making plans for having our first child. We started dating as high...
#TheToolbox 2015 Best of Emotional and Relationship Health
As 2015 winds down and we prepare to ring in 2016, it’s that time again to highlight the most popular articles and favorite tools offered on LoveAndLifeToolbox.com to help people feel the best and have the most...
How Do You Love?
Rick Hanson, PhD looks at the practice of loving “freely” and how to do that. One of the keys is not being controlled by your internal negative reactions. —– Love Freely In my early 20’s, I...
Rick Hanson, PhD
Ask Lisa: My boyfriend is drifting away from me
My boyfriend is spending less and less time with me and I don’t know why. We are about to hit our 5 year mark, getting together when I was 16 and he was 17 and now we’re 21 and 22. We do not make enough...
Key Insights | A Holiday Message to Parents Everywhere : What Your Kids Want the Most
I noticed initially this was an ad for Ikea but quickly forgot all about that as I became transfixed with this experiment involving Spanish children and their parents captured on video, writing letters to the...
