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Archives for April 2012

A Divorcing Option: A Gracious Ending

A Divorcing Option: A Gracious Ending

By Jill Edelman . 5:04 pm

The Possibility of Closure and Release: Once again Sunday’s The New York Times has offered an article that warrants attention. Briefly, as I am still on the road with my Coupledom, I want to draw your attention to Abby Ellin’s review of a new trend in divorced, divorcing or breaking-up Coupledoms. (I would say, former […]

Oldies but Goodies: Sibling Order Flavors The Coupledom: Oldest, Youngest, Middles and Onlies

Oldies but Goodies: Sibling Order Flavors The Coupledom: Oldest, Youngest, Middles and Onlies

By Jill Edelman . 7:22 am

Jill is taking a break from the blog this week. Here is one of her most popular posts from the past year or so. Excerpt: If your place in the family lineup involved dodging the bullets that flew at your older sibling, learning from his or her sufferings how to best avoid parental disapproval or […]

The Passive-Aggressive Punch: The Silent Code of Anger In The Coupledom

The Passive-Aggressive Punch: The Silent Code of Anger In The Coupledom

By Jill Edelman . 11:28 am

Jill is taking a break from the blog this week. Here is one of her most popular posts from the past year or so. Excerpt: Withholding: A common form of passive-aggressive behavior is withholding: sex, affection, information, conversation. Someone in the Coupledom stops chatting, sharing details of family life; someone refrains from conveying essential data […]

An Article Worth Sharing: Pre-Marital Cohabitation

An Article Worth Sharing: Pre-Marital Cohabitation

By Jill Edelman . 8:11 pm

This Merits a Perusal: I am about to take a journey with my spouse which will include an abundant amount of “quality time” together, some of it on the road. Hence I am sure that upon my return home, I will have ample material to ponder and share. I had no plans to post anything […]

Oldies but Goodies: Can You Say No To A Narcissist? Co-Narcissism and The Coupledom

Oldies but Goodies: Can You Say No To A Narcissist? Co-Narcissism and The Coupledom

By Jill Edelman . 8:30 am

Jill is taking a break from the blog this week. Here is one of her most popular posts from the past year or so. Excerpt: Do You Often Feel Invisible in The Coupledom? Healthy narcissism is a good thing. We need to care enough about ourselves to stay healthy, strive to achieve, pick caring partners, […]

Healing The Coupledom: Neurobiology and Couples Therapy

Healing The Coupledom: Neurobiology and Couples Therapy

By Jill Edelman . 8:09 pm

The Refuge of Stories: Steve Almond, the son of therapists, author and writing workshop teacher, described in a New York Times Sunday magazine article the mushrooming popularity of today’s writing workshops, which he views as a version of the old “talk therapy”, so popular prior to the psychopharmacological and managed care revolutions in mental health. […]

 

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