Attend to Them Before They Attend to You

Attend to Them Before They Attend to You

Listening to, and fixing, relationship noise. Too often, people come to me at the point of relationship crisis—someone's threatened divorce, there's been an affair, they have lots of conflict or they've "fallen out of love." Just the other day, a husband said to me, "How could she have all of a sudden stopped loving me?"

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Thoughts on Nonviolence and MLK, Jr.'s Legacy

Thoughts on Nonviolence and MLK, Jr.'s Legacy

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a more than a holiday to me, it is a Holy Day where I honor not only this great man, my hero, but even more importantly the principles he took a stand for. He is one of the key people who have influenced my thinking,  have shaped the nature of my soul and the "content of my character." This is a holy day to me because the principles of nonviolence are sacred to me in my personal life and my professional work in ending abuse and violence and increasing peaceful, loving relationships at home, work, community and school...

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MARRIAGE MASTERY Tip 6: From MLK, Jr: See the Other's Point of View

MARRIAGE MASTERY Tip 6: From MLK, Jr: See the Other's Point of View

Consider these words from Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967) the next time you engage in conflict with your partner and you perceive them as the enemy:

Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence...
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