What is Emotional Validation?
Emotional validation is the process of acknowledging, accepting, and understanding another person’s feelings, even if you don’t agree with their perspective or the cause of their emotions. It’s about recognizing that their emotions are genuine and valid, rather than dismissing, minimizing, or judging them. Key aspects of emotional validation: Acknowledgment: Recognize the person’s emotions and…
Common red flags to watch out for before dating someone:
Dating can be a scary thing, especially in today’s world. Developing your own red flags can be incredibly empowering and beneficial for several reasons: By developing and maintaining personal red flags, you prioritize your emotional well-being, cultivate healthy relationships, and make intentional decisions aligned with your values. Don’t know where to start? Here’s how to…
Habits of Happy Couples
Do you know any couples who seem like they’re just … happier? There’s something about the way they look at each other, laugh together, want to be with each other. Some of these happy couples have been married a long, long time. So what’s the secret? There are certain habits and ways of communicating that…
Your daily habits define relationship longevity.
You are what you do daily… so make good habits for yourself and your relationship! “The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”– Ernest Dimnet Gratitude Your daily habits with the person you love will define the overall health of…
Choose Your Words Wisely
Choose your words wisely… Words are an instrument to heal or wound – to connect or separate. Try to think about the words you use with your partner this week… Do they heal or wound, connect or separate? The traumatizing and/or healing effect that words can have on people.. especially when in a committed relationship,…
Listening To Your Partner With Neutrality
Robin Newman and David Weber discuss how they see couples shut down communicating with one another, and how it leads to less and less communication overall. Listening to your partner with neutrality / keeping your defenses down leads to more emotional intimacy — a closeness between two people who feel safe and secure with each…
Getting The Love You Want Couples Workshop 2022
We’re excited to share with you our new dates for our weekend couples counseling workshop, ‘Getting The Love You Want’ in Long Island, New York. Taking place in Huntington, NY, this intensive couples workshop gets right into it, no messing around. Robin Newman, Imago Relationship Therapist, Social Worker & Owner of the Huntington Relationship Center…
When is it time to break up?
What should you do if you’re in doubt about whether you should stay or leave the relationship you’re currently in? How do you know when a relationship is over? Well, there’s many answers to this, and it’s quite nuanced to our individual lives, but here’s a very small list of signs that your relationship may…
Non-Verbal Communication in Relationships
Non-verbal communication is the messages we send to others that don’t include words. We can tell a lot about how a person feels, if they’re being genuine with us, or what kind of mood someone is in without them saying anything about it to us. Just the ‘vibe’ someone displays says a thousand words. Making…
Avoid These Marriage Killers
Let’s face it – we’ve all probably been in a situation where we are arguing with our partner and start to become unkind in the process. Anger flares, insults are hurled, and now the difficult situation we found ourselves in has gotten increasingly worse. There’s many factors that can get in the way of a…
