Janice R Nardi, M.S., LMFT, LLC

02/19/2022

Avoidance is a behavior that causes anxiety to continue. But avoidance is not the same thing as choosing to focus your attention on the things you can control.

Learn why your anxiety may be about fear of the unknown and what to do about it.

02/16/2022

Betrayals of trust aren't just the big things that push a couple into crisis. They can also be the everyday patterns that normalize resentment.

Trust is a demanding master.

02/11/2022

For a relationship to be emotionally supportive, each partner has to feel that they are capable of giving support as well as receiving it. Knowing that you are able to help the people you care about may even make your life less stressful in general.

... and how to be more open to both giving and receiving.

02/09/2022

There are always going to be things that annoy or frustrate us in a relationship, and it's okay to talk about them. But keeping the relationship healthy requires us to get in the habit of asking ourselves why something is bothering us.

Embrace independence, repair ruptures, and show appreciation.

02/05/2022

A strong relationship not only requires depth of feeling, but awareness of how you are communicating. When communication skills improve, feelings can deepen.

Creating a relationship is a process.

02/01/2022

Fear of uncertainty often holds people back from making decisions. But avoiding choices doesn't eliminate uncertainty; the only solution is to become more comfortable with it.

How anxiety makes even trivial decisions torturous.

01/29/2022

For a relationship to be healthy, there needs to be a high ratio of positive comments and actions to negative ones. The fist step toward increasing that ration is to spend more time together.

Too much negativity in your relationship? You have the power to change it.

01/25/2022

Talking about your problems out loud can help you get a better handle on them. Even if it's hard at first, you'll get better with practice. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-be-burden/202110/you-should-talk-about-your-problems-more

01/22/2022

When people are stuck in the same pattern, there is probably an underlying need that isn't being voiced. Even when addressing it is necessary for the relationship to move forward, the change may feel frightening.

Difficulties in relationships may come from problems the couple is not aware of.

01/19/2022

Don't wait until you crash to start doing good things for yourself. Developing a sense of routine will help you enforce your boundaries.

Ways to decrease the chance of burnout in your life.

01/15/2022

People are often too afraid of anger to work through a problem. But anger exists to protect you, and it is necessary to understand where it is coming from.

Anger provides important information that can deepen our relationships.

01/12/2022

The habits we engage in to keep ourselves safe may sometimes be overblown or counterproductive. We have to give ourselves permission to let go of them in order to care for ourselves effectively in the long term.

Learn about how certain behaviors used to reduce health anxiety make it worse.