Fostering Hope
Before there is change, there is hope for change. Hope taps into yearnings to alter our lives, to realize our dreams, end our despair, assure our luck, achieve our desires, validate our ambitions, or confirm ... Read more... »
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Stanley J. Gross, Ed.D's Archive
Getting What You Want Out of Life
Have you wondered why some people are more effective in getting what they want than other people? What are they doing that makes them effective? What distinguishes them from people who walk over others or ... Read more... »
How To Raise Your Self-Esteem
Have you wondered about what self-esteem is and how to get more of it? Do you think your self-esteem is low? Do you know how to tell? Do you know what to do about it? ... Read more... »
How Do You Get Your Needs Met?
How do you respond to other people? Do you know the difference between assertion and aggression? Is it ever appropriate to be aggressive or submissive? Which style do you favor?
While growing up, we learn ... Read more... »
Reacting to Threat: What’s Your Style?
You and your partner are just not seeing eye-to-eye on a particular issue. What others might see as a difference of opinion instead feels like a personal attack and, if you and your partner don't ... Read more... »
Negotiating Immediate Differences
The purpose of negotiation is to resolve immediate differences. These differences are concrete and situation-specific (for example, what movie to attend or who takes on what household chore). Immediate differences don't linger to periodically frustrate ... Read more... »
How To Fight Fairly
From suburban parks to professional stadiums, team members follow pre-established rules when playing baseball or football. Boxing has the Marquis of Queensberry rules that turn what might have been a melee into a sporting event. ... Read more... »
Facing Enduring Differences and Getting to ‘We’
Been there, done that, but keep doing it: These are the hallmarks of an argument involving an "enduring difference" between you and your spouse. Mary and Bill are typical; an "enduring difference" has, for some ... Read more... »
What Is Stress?
What makes some events stressful and others not? How can I know it is stress that I am experiencing, not anxiety or depression? What happens to the stress if I "tough it out?"
When something threatens ... Read more... »
Acknowledging and Accepting Your Mate
What sets the affirming couple apart from others? After all, most couples begin their relationship with a variety of shared, positive experiences based on their mutual attraction and emerging love.
One difference, however, is that ... Read more... »
Relaxation and Caring For Yourself
What does it mean to be self-caring? What can we do for ourselves that will produce more energy, more satisfaction, and an alternative to all the addictive possibilities available to us? What does relaxation have ... Read more... »
Shifting from Conversation to Argument and What To Do About It
It can happen in an instant: The transition from conversation to argument is often so quick and the reaction so intense that the parties can lose sight of what happened and how it happened.
And ... Read more... »
Like Parent, Like Child: The Enduring Influence of Family
Parents remain our touchstones even after death. They are both missing and present. So when I succeeded, I would glance sideways and see a snapshot of how my father handled success: with wry pleasure and ... Read more... »
Relapse Prevention
Once you have made a change, how do you maintain it? What is the difference between a lapse and a relapse? How can you recognize when a relapse is likely?
A lifestyle change is not easy ... Read more... »
Sobering Up: Recovery from Addiction
What does it mean to be addicted? How do you get "clean" and sober? Is it possible to reduce cravings?
Addiction and Habituation
You are physically dependent upon alcohol or drugs when:
you need the substance to reduce ... Read more... »
If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted -- there is practically nothing she can't do.
-- Helen Lawrenson
-- Helen Lawrenson
