I’ve just finished reading, The Anger Habit by Carl Semmelroth, Ph.D. The author explodes a long-held myth about this troubling emotion. Many of us believe that we must “express” our anger or “let it out,” or else the anger will “build up” and we’ll “explode.” Almost everyone believes this myth, including most therapists. But it

Could you go a week without criticizing anyone? Could you go a day? Sadly, we do most of our criticizing at home. Out in the world, we are on our best behavior. At home, however, those restraints are removed and we criticize those we love the most. When I work with couples, I try to

With our younger son off to college, my wife and I have entered the phase called the “empty nest.” I don’t know who invented that phrase, but I don’t much care for it. “Empty” implies that “there’s no one there.” Actually, there are two healthy, happy, positive-thinking adults in the “nest” who are looking forward