by Jim Phelan | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Anxiety is there to serve us. It is an alert system that there is “danger”. It can be nervousness before a presentation or performance. It can be stress from having a lot to get done. It can be more pronounced like in social situations where someone feels awkward... 
by Jim Phelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whatever hurts in a relationship can only be healed when we a re willing to turn towards our partner. This counter-intuitive to our natural inclination to move away from the source of pain. Whatever brings questions, doubt, AND pain the answer comes when we truly move... 
by Jim Phelan | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Time is relative. You’re rushing out the door and you yell to your partner “I’m leaving!” They yell back “OK, have a nice..”, but you’re already gone. What might happen if you took 5 minutes to connect with your partner? Would five minutes really make a difference?... 
by Jim Phelan | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Quite often here at Life Solutions we see couples argue a lot. Many of these arguments are simply because how they are arguing. Sometimes it boils down to logic versus emotion. Emotions can be hard to manage during conflict and can be hard to listen to. This is the... 
by Jim Phelan | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Better Night’s Sleep We’ve always known that quality sleep is good for your brain, but research tells us how and why. Studies find that when you sleep your brain removes toxic proteins from its neurons that are by-products of neural activity when you’re... 
by Jim Phelan | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen Up! I want to give you some practical ways to improve your relationship. Let’s start with listening. In order to be a better listener one must incorporate a desire to understand. Many people listen in order to find something to disagree with. You’ll hear a lot...