Yellen & Associates

02/28/2023

Whenever there is a discussion about race, I begin to think about a seesaw, yes THAT playground apparatus. It is the perfect visual for what happens. In the middle of the seesaw sits the fulcrum…. Interested? Read more and tell me your thoughts.

YELL'N SHOUT 2.28.2023 Whenever there is a discussion about race, I begin to think about a seesaw, yes THAT playground apparatus. It is the perfect visual for what happens. In the middle of the seesaw sits the fulcrum, that point of support that allows both sides to move up and down. At some point e...

02/13/2023

Losing Love

YELL'N SHOUT 2/13/2023 Losing a longtime love is never easy. I know. I lost the love of my life that I had been with for 49 years. She lost her battle with cancer. So, here’s some information and advice from someone who has had first-hand experience. Firstly, let’s establish this. You have not l...

02/10/2023

https://www.yellenandassociates.com/post/how-soon-is-too-soon

YELL'N SHOUT 2/10/2023 How soon is too soon after a spouse passes to start sleeping with someone else? There is no "magic" amount of time. The mirror image of grief is love (Tim Shriver). The greater the love, the greater the grief. Everyone loves and grieves in different ways. Some become depressed...

01/30/2023

Stop Keeping Relationship Score

YELL'N SHOUT A young couple recently came in for help with their marriage of only two years. When I asked each for her/his perspective, it became almost a court scene with two battling attorneys. Each wanted to prove her/his point. In essence, they both wanted to “win,” and they were clearly kee...

01/28/2023

Relationship Math

YELL'N SHOUT The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The same is true when it comes to Relationship Math, but it can work both positively and negatively. In a good relationship two people together bring out the

01/25/2023

Interested and Interesting

YELL'N SHOUT Having a good social intelligence quotient (SIQ) is to keep in mind the two “I’s.” You have to be interested and interesting. People are much more comfortable socially when they have a good connection with another. These two words are keys to usually opening up good relationships....

01/21/2023

Growing A Relationship

YELL'N SHOUT Social scientists tell us that it takes about three decades before partners are truly able to smooth out a relationship. Three decades! Yikes! In an era of instant gratification, it’s hard to Imagine any couple wading through what often is a sewer to get through to the “clean” sid...

01/18/2023

The Police

YELL’N SHOUT 01/18/2023 As with any group of people, there are some bad apples, and they give everyone else a bad name. But most of the other groups do not carry lethal weapons. And most of those groups are not driven by a profiling dogma. That has caused a giant chasm between those who support th...

12/09/2022

12/08/2022

https://www.yellenandassociates.com/post/family-your-life-long-connection

YELL’N SHOUT 12/08/2022 Let’s think about all the ways to stay connected: cards; e-cards; the yearly letter; pictures, everything electronic including Zoom and FaceTime;