Mira KirshenbaumAug 4, 20212 min5 Ways to get your partner to do what you wantYes, Why Couples Fight is all about how to overcome conflicts in your relationship. But what if it’s simpler than that?
Mira KirshenbaumJul 23, 20216 minHow to have a long and happy relationshipWell, here we are, celebrating our 56th wedding anniversary by sharing our thoughts with you about how to have a long and happy marriage.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 19, 20214 minFrom “I’m sorry” to true healingWe’ve been talking about how your past haunts your present as a couple. Now we get to the really hard part.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 16, 20214 minHow, as a couple, you can heal something from your pastThis time we want to talk about how you can recover when one of you has done something to hurt the other, damaging trust and intimacy.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 15, 20214 minIs your relationship haunted by your past?We all carry this baggage around with us. The longer we’re married, the more of this baggage there is.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 9, 20214 min4 signs your partner may be falling out of love with youWhen people come to me in this last period I can only wish they’d come sooner. So what are the warning signs?
Mira KirshenbaumJul 7, 20213 minBastards, bitches, and the stress implosionWhenever we need our partner to be there for us, we’re walking into their stress movie. We’re walking into just how stressed out they are.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 5, 20213 minHas hope always been kind to you? Or has it ever been cruel?Welcome to the second and last part of our posts on why we dare to say that Why Couples Fight is an important book.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 3, 20214 minImportant? Revolutionary? What do you think?We said somewhere that we thought Why Couples Fight was an important book. Well, it had to happen: a reader challenged us on that.
Mira KirshenbaumJul 1, 20213 min“I can’t do this anymore.” Oh, really?Here’s how breaking up is done these days.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 28, 20213 minIs your relationship going to “work out”?Relationships aren’t like machines that work or don’t work, depending on how well designed they are.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 25, 20213 minDog meets kitten, and they teach us about powerYou know me: I always have to be a-learning things from everywhere.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 23, 20213 minGuys: work on your marriage or drop deadThe article I want to talk about today is Unsuccessful marriages a high-risk factor for premature death among men.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 17, 20214 minPeople who should never get together“Hi, are you highly sensitive and do you tend to over-react?” “Why, yes I am! What about you?”
Mira KirshenbaumJun 15, 20213 minIs your relationship in a trap?Trap theory? It’s all about how we get stuck in situations we don’t want to be in.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 11, 20213 minFear is to love what termites are to housesMy point is simple, but deep and rich: when you want to understand what is going wrong in a relationship, find the fears.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 8, 20214 min“Will you be there for me when I need you?”The 2020 movie Supernova is about love, unavoidable tragedy, and forgiveness. It’s also about a problem we will all face one way or another.
Mira KirshenbaumJun 4, 20215 minYour mistakes will always catch up with youJust imagine: you and the person you’re going with are super smart and super-duper rich. And you have tons in common.
Mira KirshenbaumMay 31, 20212 minWhat power imbalances might be costing youA new study just came out showing yet again that in our relationships social dominance—power!—causes pain and damage for our partners.
Mira KirshenbaumMay 25, 20214 minPortrait of an incidentLet’s call them Al and Alice, and a nice normal couple they are. They get along pretty well, too. But they had an incident.