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COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: Living as Roommates?I see couples who eventually realize they are living as roommates: they may be good parents together, run their household together, do their respective jobs, spend...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 12, 2019Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Apr 17, 2019 at 7:21 am | 2 comments | 5802 Views
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Premarital and Couples: Thoughts and DogsI'm writing to you today from my waiting room. I like to sit here looking at the aquarium; watching the neon tetras dart through the water and the African frogs...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Apr. 5, 2019There are no comments yet. 7092 Views
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Couples: Write a Personal Ad . . . to Your Partner . . .. . . stating what you have to offer and give in your relationship. Don't make it dependent on what you are getting, either. (Later you can write another personal...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 15, 2019Last comment by 3 comments | 7026 Views
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Couples: Life Can Change on a DimeReaders, let me begin by saying that I'm fine. Yesterday instead of seeing my wonderful clients, I spent the morning and early afternoon in the ER. I was newly diagnosed...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 4, 2019Last comment by 192.168.1.1, on Mar 22, 2019 at 1:54 am | 7 comments | 7923 Views
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Couples: "The Goal of Marriage is Not to Think Alike, but to Think Together"I recently came across this quote comes from Robert Dodd, and it resonates in my work with couples. We often select a partner that is different from us, yet complements...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 27, 2018Last comment by Believe In Marriage, on Mar 15, 2019 at 8:44 am | 2 comments | 8617 Views
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Ten Tips for Teens and Young Adults to Survive a Dysfunctional FamilySteve Simpson is the author of four books for teens and young adults. In each book he includes The Teenage and Young Adult Survival Handbook. I asked Steve...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 13, 2018Last comment by impress family, on Mar 13, 2019 at 8:33 am | 5 comments | 8626 Views
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Couples: Child Loss, "No U-Turn at Mercy Street""No U-Turn at Mercy Street" by Chandrama Anderson, MA, MFT. 
Here's a quote and the back cover copy:
No U-Turn at Mercy Street is an...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 7, 2018Last comment by DON’T FORGET YOURSELF, DON’T SACRIFICE YOURSELF, on Mar 7, 2019 at 6:28 am | 3 comments | 7621 Views
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Couples: All People Are Difficult, But You Shouldn’t Be Too DifficultThe following article is written by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT. He is the founder of PACT, Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy. Most of our Connect2 therapists...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Dec. 21, 2018Last comment by The Single Sibling, on Mar 7, 2019 at 6:12 am | 4 comments | 7875 Views
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Couples: Myth: You Can't Ask Your Partner to ChangeAn American myth is that you can't ask our partner to change. Perhaps what is more accurate, is that you can't be anyone but yourselves. And you can ask for...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 9, 2019Last comment by james_jk, on Feb 14, 2019 at 1:30 am | 2 comments | 6547 Views
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Menopause and Post-Menopause Group StartingThere are three stages of life for women: maiden, mother and wise woman. We’ll talk about wise women opportunities and transitions; physical, emotional, mental...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 25, 2019There are no comments yet. 8677 Views
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Couples: "When Good People Have Affairs" by Mira KirshenbaumAffairs are so painful for couples (I know that's a huge understatement). The desire to understand and the internal pressure of deciding what to do in the wake...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 11, 2019Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Jan 18, 2019 at 7:38 am | 3 comments | 10249 Views
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Couples: "101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married""101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married" by Charlie and Linda Bloom is a great book for couples. Each of the 101 things is about two pages long. My...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Nov. 30, 2018Last comment by Chandrama Anderson, on Dec 7, 2018 at 2:53 pm | 9 comments | 8403 Views
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Couples: A Relationship Test . . .. . . try riding a tandem bicycle with your partner. My husband and I got a tandem over the weekend. We test drove it in a parking lot. Within 30 seconds it was...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Oct. 18, 2018Last comment by menlo mom, on Oct 22, 2018 at 5:26 pm | 2 comments | 7084 Views
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Couples: Retirement Hot Potato!The top three issues couples have are about sex, money and power. So today I’m going to write about money, specifically retirement. So much of the help you...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 31, 2018Last comment by carolinewarren, on Oct 11, 2018 at 6:39 am | 1 comment | 8931 Views
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Couples: Sex and Connection (Chicken or Egg?)I usually stay away from gender generalization because people are unique; additionally, gender-based comments are not useful to men or women. But in the case of...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 21, 2018Last comment by the_punnisher, on Sep 27, 2018 at 2:38 am | 2 comments | 8310 Views
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Couples: Three Categories of SexIn his book Passionate Marriage, David Schnarch describes the research of Donald Mosher regarding three categories -- or styles -- of sex (pg. 244-260). I find these...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 7, 2018Last comment by the_punnisher, on Sep 10, 2018 at 5:34 pm | 2 comments | 11324 Views
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Couples: My New Best Friend; Giving and ReceivingHere's my new best friend, Bixby. 
Hey readers, I've been busy the last couple of weeks. My husband had a concert in San Anselmo (he's a tenor in a...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 23, 2018There are no comments yet. 8005 Views
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Couples: Drop Your Keyboard!Talking with your partner and being understood may be challenging enough without adding in the complexities of technology. Body language accounts for 70% or more...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Native to the BAY, on Aug 16, 2018 at 12:53 pm | 1 comment | 15050 Views
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Couples: Wanting, Yet Missing One AnotherA while back while I was waiting at the traffic signal by my office I saw a woman at the crosswalk. She wanted to cross Middlefield, a busy street. She turned away...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 16, 2018There are no comments yet. 7398 Views
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Couples: Tantric Sex and MenopauseTantric Sex and Menopause: Practices for Spiritual and Sexual Renewal By Diana Richardson and Janet McGeever I recently read Tantric Sex and Menopause...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Aug. 3, 2018Last comment by gualterio, on Aug 5, 2018 at 5:52 am | 1 comment | 10485 Views
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Couples and Premarital : "Who we are . . . depends in part . . . on who we love."
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My Pet Peeves
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Short story writers wanted!
The 34th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is now accepting entries for Adult, Young Adult and Teen categories. Send us your short story (2,500 words or less) and entry form by March 27, 2020. First, Second and Third Place prizes awarded in each category.
