When undesirable situations, actions and emotional conflicts happen again and again in your life — same scene, different characters — there’s a good chance you are expressing a negative “pattern.” ...

Almost every interpersonal conflict follows the same pattern of escalation. Once you are familiar with that pattern, it’s easier to understand how you might be escalating the conflict and the steps ...

I assumed that my husband would care as much as I did about having a clean apartment. For several years, I complained about the piles of clothes, books, and pizza boxes taking over our home before it ...