Author: Leah Marone LCSW
How to Widen Your Perspectives for a Better Future
Source: cottonbro studio / Pexels The common factors in all persistent unhappiness, mental illness, emotional disorder, and relationship dysfunction are rigid perspectives. Almost always narrow […]
Entitlement, Anger, and Emotion Reciprocity
Source: Craig Adderley / Pexels Entitlement has two meanings, one straightforward, the other convoluted. The first meaning of entitlement is societal, referring to legal and […]
Own Your Mind Space |
I use the term “mind space” to describe the bandwidth of conscious thoughts. Conscious thoughts about navigating the environment occupy relatively little mind space; most […]
Discover Love Without Hurt |
Source: N-Y-C / Pixabay In my early 20s, long before I reconciled with violent, alcoholic parents, I became aware, through several failed attempts at relationships, […]
Flashpoints in Relationship Exchanges |
By the time couples come to me, they’re desperate to avoid hurtful exchanges and recurring arguments. (I specialize in chronic resentment, anger, and emotional abuse.) […]
Helping Children Cope |
Source: August de Richelieu / Pexels By late toddlerhood, most children develop coping habits to avoid and ameliorate painful and vulnerable feelings such as guilt, […]
Resisting the Contagion of Hate
The contagion of human emotions evolved from a time when group unity was necessary for survival. The negative emotions are more contagious than the positive, […]
How to Turn Contempt Into Compassion
Clinicians have long known that contempt is a cancer in relationships. Empirical support for this salient clinical observation came from the work of John Gottman […]
Feelings About Facts and Facts About Feelings
Source: Pexels / Pixabay A verse from the Beatles song, Strawberry Fields, resonated for me as a young teenager: “Living is easy with eyes closed/Misunderstanding […]
Escaping From the Prison of Self-Obsession
Introspective self-awareness is sensitivity to one’s internal experience—thoughts, feelings, judgments, assumptions—and behavior. It may include an evaluative aspect that rates how well we do in […]