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Question We have two teenage children.  While we have good relationships, we don’t communicate as well as we’d like.  In fact, much of...

Q: I usually avoid conflict but that hasn’t been working. Is there such a thing as “healthy conflict”? Conflict is a part of life. Even...

Q: How do I navigate covering shifts with my coworkers? A tricky social situation in which so many parts are at play, for this column...

Q: How do I talk with my roommate about keeping our room/bathroom clean? (Asking for a friend) Ah, yes. The messy roommate who either...

Q: How can I ask for help from a classmate? I remember my freshman year. The start of spring semester was great. I enjoyed seeing friends...

Q: How do you know when a friend is being sincere? In person conversation is a risk and exposes us in two ways. In her book Reclaiming...

Healthy communication is the one critical ingredient that defines a relationship. Communication is vital and essential because it is the...

Listening is the process of taking in information someone else is saying. This can be more difficult than we expect. When people, often...

Question My husband has extremely annoying social behavior that tends to turn people off. I have tried to start friendships with other...

Question I wish my husband would realize there's more to cleaning than just picking up things. I feel bad complaining, and he gets mad...

Question My husband is wonderful, but unstable. We’ve moved 16 times during our 18 years of marriage. He says each move is to find a job...

Question I often overhear my two daughters criticizing other people. I think they're picking it up from other kids at school, but I want...

Question My husband is a workaholic and has trouble setting work-related boundaries. He’s also sensitive to criticism. I know he’s deeply...

Question My husband and I were married six years before we had children, and while we are different in many ways (he's way laid back; I'm...

Question How much should a spouse express his or her true feelings and thoughts without fear of “rocking the boat?” I get weary of...

Many families gain a sense of who they are from the opinions and perceptions of those around them. As a result, families can end up...

Question As I was dropping off some clean laundry in my son’s room recently, I found a package of condoms on the floor. What’s the best...

Question We just had a baby. Now my husband says that I'm not interested in him anymore and that I love our child more than I love him....

Question My wife’s addiction to clutter is cheating us out of deeper intimacy in our relationship because I'm always angry and as a...

Question My wife is a flight attendant and is gone a lot from home. The problem is when she is home, she goes into what I call “single...