How is it possible that two people who have at one time felt what they expressed as love toward one another can, at a later date, undertake the worst of offenses against their former partner.  How does love become hate,

There is an old saying that you cannot know another person until you have walked in their shoes.  It is another way of saying that empathy is the necessary first step in forming any kind of relationship, much less one that is loving.

Much of the time men and women seek to protect themselves from unwanted pain and rejection by hardening their outer self.  We learn early that to remain vulnerable opens us to opportunities for many kinds of abuse,

The search for meaning in our lives is a common experience, but how do we know what really matters?  Alvean and Doug talk about stages of awareness and growth that help us to understand and define ourselves.  For a full transcript of the episode,

Alvean and Doug talk about the knowledge and wisdom that often accompanies a painful life experience.  As hard as it is to overcome difficult circumstances in the moment, over time they can often be seen as pivotal inflection points in our lives,

They say that the biggest lies are the ones we tell ourselves.  How do we remain true and discover our authentic selves? Doug & Alvean talk about self deception and strategies for aligning our reality with the truth.

Doug & Alvean talk about the challenge of repairing a broken relationship when one or both partners prove unfaithful.  Surely one of the most devastating ruptures in any relationship --infidelity violates the trust between individuals that is at the he...

Alvean and Doug talk about the best advice they have received over time, and why a particular bit of intervention proved to be important in their lives.  For a full transcript of this episode click here: LL11

Cross cultural relationships

Blending Families