- Created on 1/4/11 by mamazee

Last week at Mothering Outside the Lines I resolved to improve my marriage. Part of having a happier marriage, I think, is learning how to express negative emotions to your spouse in a way that he or she can hear. If we yell and accuse (Exhibit A. That would be me) we just make our partners defensive and upset. But if we communicate and problem-solve together (Exhibit B. That would be Alisa Bowman, whose book I wrote about last week), we can work together to get to a better place in ourselves and in our relationships. According to Harriet Lerner,... read more


