Arguing Is Healthy For Our Relationships We see the words “arguing is healthy for our relationships,” and our first instinct is to reject the idea. Why? Because “argue” has become a bad word. We treat it as the absence of logic — proof that nothing will get resolved. So we keep our thoughts to ourselves,…
Why Are Everyday People Diagnosing Narcissistic Personality Disorder? If you have a TikTok account or watch Instagram reels, your whole feed is unqualified people diagnosing people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It’s like skipping the doctor because you googled your symptoms. Let’s start with the actual definition. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a mental health condition in…
Are Accountable And Healthy Relationships A Priority? Prioritizing our relationships is essential to a quality life. Yet many of us don’t know where to start. There aren’t enough hours in the day, something more urgent keeps coming up, or our plates are already full. So how do we actually maintain the health of our relationships?…
Tell The Truth Secrets Tell the truth. It’s perfectly “normal” to keep secrets — but it’s also normal to gossip, smoke cigarettes, and stay in poor relationships. So is our goal normal, or healthy? Keeping secrets from the people we love isn’t healthy. It’s the clogged artery of our relationships. We’re on borrowed time until…
Why Are We In Relationships, Looking Past Them? Why Are We In Relationships, Looking Past Them? We sit in an empty house, wishing a partner would share the space. So we date several people at once, passing the months — a few matches from the apps, three or four fix-ups from friends and family.…
Is The Goal Partnership? If it were, WE would carry more meaning than looking to validate I in a relationship. I’s start every relationship believing they’ve found someone who can enhance their identity — going from I’s to WE’s. A Friend. A Spouse. A Parent. A Village. Then somewhere down the line, I lose track…
Invest In Our Loved Ones We lie, keep secrets. We convince ourselves the good story lives in the drama. Too many of us would rather carry the perception of enjoyable than actually be healthy — prisoners of our own desires, always chasing what’s next. We stop caring what it takes to maintain a healthy relationship.…
Simplicity Is The Most Profound Discussion You Can Have. –Colors are colors regardless of their difference Simplicity is the most profound discussion you can have. Any master of a discipline can break the most complex topic down to its simplest form. Anyone determined to keep it complex isn’t trying to teach you — they’re…
Boundaries In Relationships Let’s talk about boundaries in relationships. There’s a long line of people waiting for our acceptance. But what a person won’t accept is just as important. Boundaries. The “no” in a relationship. The invisible protection around our moral fiber. What Are Boundaries? Boundaries are the beliefs we won’t forfeit for anyone on…
What’s Your Top Four Core Values Before we can develop Accountable Relationships, we first have to know our top four core values. As Accountable Relationship Builders, our earliest sessions are about matching each Builder to the core values that actually fit them. Why? Because our core values are who we are. They make our decisions for…