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This premier issue of "Living The Dream" focuses on thoughts, tips and techniques for maintaining a healthy primary relationship. I've helped couples for many years to develop helpful skills for improving communication, resolving conflict, increasing intimacy and addressing the many other issues that couples face. A healthy relationship can sometimes take a lot of mutual effort and dedication! I hope the information in this issue can be helpful i many ways. I also welcome comments on this newsletter, including suggestions for improvement. I hope to hear from you! -Bill

I've just posted an article titled "Your REAL Relationship Problem", which discusses how to turn any problem or conflict with a partner into an opportunity for personal growth.  It discusses two primary tasks for managing relationship struggles in the most effective manner: self-confrontation and self-calming.  Read about it here. 

I've also written several other articles about relationships that can help improve the skills that all couples need to possess.  One of them that is drawing readers from around the world is "John Gray's Love Letter Technique", which describes a very effective method for conveying difficult feelings to a partner in written form.

I've also written "Get SET For Effective Communication", which describes a simple technique for improing communication skills in difficult situations.  Sometimes the best tools are the simplest!

Another article I've written is "A Useful Definition of Intimacy", which is a short piece that corrects some common misconceptions about what it takes to achieve emotional intimacy.  How does my definition match up with yours?

I've also written several specifics "how-to" guides to improve couples communication, such at "The Art of Apologizing", and "The Four Denials of Responsibility".  Both of them take important concepts to a deeper and more effective level than many people have ever had the chance to learn.  If you read them together you will be able to see how they relate to each other in several important ways.

Even more articles like these are on my website.  I also enocurage people to contact me directly for any further information or assistance I can provide about strengthening and healing important relationships.

Finally, on my blog I have just published "Communicating About Communication", an article that discusses some of the challenges couples face in creating and maintaining mutual interaction that is productive and emotionally supportive.