Blogs about: Difficult Relationships
Finding health and awareness
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 day ago: Small steps to greater health and awareness Growing in Autonomy and Intimacy all at the same time … more →
Where do all these STRONG feelings come from?
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 day ago: How attractive is this much anger....? … more →
Piggy in the middle is not much fun for Piggy...
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 day ago: Being trapped in a triangle is no fun.... … more →
Here I was thinking it is GOOD to have boundaries.....
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 day ago: Isolation is hardly helpful either … more →
How come THIS close doesn't feel too good?
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 day ago: It's hard to dance if you are too connected.... … more →
Friday meditation
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 2 days ago: May our thoughts and prayers be focused upon…. Children who seldom (or never) see one (or both) of t … more →
His children and I go without for his parents....
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 3 days ago: Dialogue first....“My in-laws can get anything they want from their son while his children and … more →
The more I see, the more I am ready to call it quits...
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 6 days ago: “I have a girlfriend (35) with children ages 18, 17, 14, 13, and a granddaughter who just turned 1. … more →
How do I tell him his breath smells?
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: “I have been in contact with a guy for the past 18 months, chatting online. He lives in another city … more →
My wife keeps contact with her past lovers and boyfriends.....
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: “My wife and I have been married for 20 years and I love and trust her fidelity. However there … more →
In-laws spoil my children...
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: “My in-laws spoil my children. The kids don’t close their mouths after talking about som … more →
I feel like a "girlfriend with benefits".....
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: “I expressed to my partner that I was feeling like a ‘girlfriend with benefits’ or a ‘convenient mis … more →
How soon can a person have sex after the death of a spouse?
Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: Your brief question leaves many unaddressed variables. That you desire sex might be considered a pos … more →
Toxic relationships as human chess....
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 week ago: Take up your lifeThink of manipulative relationships (those relationships where manipulation, domina … more →
She won't let go.....
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 2 weeks ago: My ex-girlfriend won’t let go. We have been broken up for three years and had many conversations cov … more →
Ten, no 11, reminders for divorced "couples":
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 2 weeks ago: This is someone you once loved....1. Your former spouse is a person whom you once loved. 2. Your for … more →
Ten, no 12, things it has taken me years to learn:
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 2 weeks ago: Anxiety will drive you if you allow it....1. No one is all good; no one is all bad. 2. Even an ant, … more →
Ritual dialogue for a healty couple....
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 3 weeks ago: “I will not get in your way. You may work where you choose, worship where you choose, and have … more →
Friday meditation
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Rod E. Smith, MSMFT wrote 1 month ago: I am convinced that no matter how rough a person’s past is, or how traumatized the present might be, … more →
