by Julia Rodgers | Jul 23, 2021 | California Prenuptial Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements, Relationships
Boundary-Setting With Your In-Laws “Dear, could you please help me set the table when you finish up?” your husband’s Mom asks sweetly. You’re at her house early pending a weekly family dinner, and there’s nothing wrong with her polite request…except that she’s...
by Julia Rodgers | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Psychologist John Gottman noticed a slight problem with traditional marriage counseling: It wasn’t working, and couples who underwent traditional couple’s counseling were getting divorced at alarming rates (Gottman, 2015). Attempting to improve the situation, he...
by Julia Rodgers | Jul 21, 2021 | California Prenuptial Agreements, Prenuptial Agreements, Relationships
The Psychology of Escalation You know the drill: One of you brings up a delicate issue. You know it won’t be an easy conversation, but you don’t anticipate exactly how bad it’s going to get. What feels at first like simply a moment of tension becomes increasingly more...
by Julia Rodgers | Jul 19, 2021 | California Prenuptial Agreements
You’ve probably heard the statistic that the number one thing couples fight about is money. But have you ever wondered why that is? Sure, it can often be a stressful topic to discuss – but why exactly is it so hard to talk about? A large part of the struggle...
by Julia Rodgers | Jul 16, 2021 | California Prenuptial Agreements, New York Prenuptial Agreements, Second Marriages
Try as we might to wish it away, conflict is an essential and inescapable part of being human. If you are a human being who occasionally interacts with other human beings, conflict will arise from time to time even if you are as peaceful as the Dalai Lama. And do you...
