Relationship Sanity

Career

5 Keys to Relationship Sanity for Couples Under Lockdown

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on August 6, 2020

Maintaining protective emotional isolation is hard when we are cooped up together. Quarantine is forcing some couples to make it work, or throw in the towel.

Maintaining protective emotional isolation is hard when we are cooped up together. Quarantine is forcing some couples to make it work, or throw in the towel.

Relationships

Pants-Optional Existence

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on May 5, 2020

Are changing expectations around those parts of our lives a reflection of change in how we view our relationships with intimate partners and others?

Are changing expectations around those parts of our lives a reflection of change in how we view our relationships with intimate partners and others?

Fear

Fear and Loving on Valentine's Day

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on February 9, 2020

Security and sexual satisfaction come from working through irrelationship together. Safety is sexy... as long as it's not too safe.

Security and sexual satisfaction come from working through irrelationship together. Safety is sexy... as long as it's not too safe.

Relationships

When Love Gets in the Way of Relationship Dysfunction

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on January 7, 2020

There are times when things are going well, but we don’t see it. Even when things are good, if they are unfamiliar, we may sabotage change to feel safe.

There are times when things are going well, but we don’t see it. Even when things are good, if they are unfamiliar, we may sabotage change to feel safe.

Friends

What We Get When We Give

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on December 14, 2019

Nothing is more powerful at taking down irrelationship than when others value what we have to offer, deeply, sincerely, and without the need for thanks.

Nothing is more powerful at taking down irrelationship than when others value what we have to offer, deeply, sincerely, and without the need for thanks.

Anger

"Don’t Be A Dick!"

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on October 31, 2019

The very best way to avoid dicks is simple: Don't be one!

The very best way to avoid dicks is simple: Don't be one!

Media

The Good, the Bad and the Lovely

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on February 11, 2019

3 tips for a great Valentine's Day this year, free from distraction, past hang-ups and commercialism.

3 tips for a great Valentine's Day this year, free from distraction, past hang-ups and commercialism.

Altruism

5 Ways We Benefit When We Give

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on December 10, 2018

There is nothing so valuable as having what we offer to others taken, made use of, and experienced as having value and being useful and helpful. Irrelationship blocks this.

There is nothing so valuable as having what we offer to others taken, made use of, and experienced as having value and being useful and helpful. Irrelationship blocks this.

Relationships

When Other People Are Projects

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on October 17, 2018

A healthy, conscious commitment to building a dynamic of loving and being loved is what we call relationship sanity. We cannot impose it on our partners.

A healthy, conscious commitment to building a dynamic of loving and being loved is what we call relationship sanity. We cannot impose it on our partners.

Relationships

Relationship Sanity

Mark B. Borg, Jr, Ph.D., Grant H. Brenner, MD, & Daniel Berry, RN, MHA on September 17, 2018

Is relationship sanity simply experiencing ourselves as both loving and loveable?

Is relationship sanity simply experiencing ourselves as both loving and loveable?