Changing Longstanding Habits With Self-Support
"Since I was kid I've loved risky activities: skydiving, fast motorcycles, gambling. Now I'm married, have a child and a good job, and I realize my love of the adrenaline rush is a problem. I really...
View ArticleSetting Limits on Anger
Since anger is both an emotion and a behavior, those subject to angry outbursts must set limits about which behaviors we will and won't tolerate.
View ArticleHow to Stop Dating — Respectfully
Dear Dr. Alasko: I consider myself a kind person, but I've never figured out a way to tell someone I've been dating that I'm no longer interested. Usually I try to get the message across by not...
View ArticleAsking Your Date Core Questions
Why be coy about something as serious as being serious? And especially as life-changing as having a child, or children?
View ArticleWhy Do Bad Things Happen to Me?
My experience has taught me that people who have difficulty recognizing when they're being exploited have a specific problem: they allow their emotions to overwhelm their thinking.
View ArticleHow to Create New Patterns
In my last blog post, I began answering a reader who wondered why so many of her relationships were unsuccessful, from a marriage to an emotionally abusive husband to her brother’s stealing from her.
View ArticleHow to Get a Good Job
Dear Dr. Alasko: Last year I had enough of studying subjects I found useless and quit college. I've since learned that employers are biased in favor of a college graduate.
View ArticleUsing Blame Pushes People Away
She constantly criticizes me and I'm slowly shutting down—what do I do?
View ArticleTwo Questions About Emotional Boundaries
When you're being pressured, set good emotional boundaries.
View ArticleThe High Cost of Marital Legal Battles
Before turning a dissolving marriage into a legal or custody battle, consider these factors.
View ArticleVarying Degrees of Neatness: A Solution
My spouse and I differ on tidiness and messiness — help!
View ArticleSaved by Art And Truth
The movie 'Lincoln' demonstrates the power of art to unearth deeper truths.
View ArticleHow to Think Critically: Part 2 of 3
The key to good critical thinking: thoughtfulness.
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