Of the countless changes that follow a newborn, I've
learned our relationships tend to have a boiling frog effect; nothing really noticeable at first, but over time — we're both wondering what went wrong.
Not exact matches
Like most things in life however, there
tends to be a
learning curve for mom and baby as they settle into their nursing
relationship.
Men and women with commitment issues
tend to have a deep fear of intimacy, and their feelings are borne of a
learned negative opinion of love and
relationships.
Rebound
relationships tend to get a lot of negative press, but I think this type of
relationship can be very helpful for self - esteem, for
learning about one's self, and for
learning about romance and
relationships.
External motivation does not produce the results that teachers want, says the author, and even worse, it
tends to harm the teacher - student
relationships that are so important to
learning.
We also have available to us a challenge stress response that «increases self - confidence, motivates action, and helps you
learn from experience;» and what is known as a
tend and befriend response that «increases courage, motivates caregiving, and strengthens your social
relationships.»
Most of the time, we
tend to avoid coping with these challenges, or we do deal with them in destructive ways, mainly because of not having
learned more assertive functional ways to take care of ourselves,
relationships and circumstances in life.
However, researchers believe that the high levels of self - expansion characteristic of new
relationships tends to decrease over time as opportunities to
learn new and interesting things from (and about) a partner wanes.
Successful
relationships tend to be those in which the partners
learn to negotiate those points well and early on.
Although many therapists
tend to be math phobic, the visuals in this book help therapists
learn how to think about
relationships in a totally new way.
Though often early childhood and elementary school ages and stages are times we
tend to focus on social and emotional
learning, middle school, high school, and college - age students also require skill building in self - awareness, self - management, social awareness,
relationship skills and responsible decision - making.
John and Mary's different families of origin will likely be the most important factor dictating how they will function in marriage because each will
tend to use the
relationship skills they
learned growing up in their families ~ whether they are effective or not ~ because those are the skills they know!
With a focus only on conflict and communication, couples
tend to terminate therapy without the other very important goodies and
learned skills that are likely to make the
relationship stronger.