Heart Condition Relationships Articles
Chronic Communication at Home: How Can I Help You Be More Emotional?
By Dr GaryCA 1 CommentIf you or your partner has a hard time expressing feelings, Dr. Gary's tips can help.
Chronic Communication at Home: The Importance of Shared Meals
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary tells how to use mealtime to enhance togetherness and support between you and your loved ones.
Chronic Communication at Home: How Name-Calling Damages Your Relationship
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsWhen tempers flare, Dr. Gary names seven ways to avoid saying something you'll regret.
Chronic Communication at Home: What's Best for Us? A Key to Resolving Conflicts
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how to resolve disagreements with your partner in ways that bring you closer together instead of driving you apart.
Chronic Communication at Home: Abandonment Fears and How to Cope
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how to deal with worries that chronic illness will cause one partner to leave the other.
Chronic Communication at Home: Are You Taking Out Frustration on Your Partner?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how to deal with emotional outbursts in ways that bring you closer together instead of driving you apart.
Chronic Communication at Home: When Does Being Supportive Turn Into Being Parental?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDon’t let good intentions lead to treating a chronically ill partner like a child. Dr. Gary helps both sides deal with this common issue.
Chronic Communication at Home: Agreeing to Disagree
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsWhen a difference of opinion can’t be resolved, Dr. Gary explains how you and your partner can find a path forward that you both feel good about.
Chronic Communication at Home: Is There Value in Having an Argument?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how to argue in ways that can bring you and your partner closer together instead of driving you apart.
Chronic Communication at Home: Could Your Family Members Have Compassion Fatigue?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how to help your loved ones avoid burnout as they take care of you.
Chronic Communication at Home: How the “Cold Shoulder” Hurts Your Relationship
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsThe silent treatment doesn’t solve anything. Dr. Gary explains how to strengthen your relationship instead.
Chronic Communication at Home: How to Cope With—and Avoid Giving—Unwanted Advice
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary tells how to put sensible limits on sensitive topics.
Chronic Communication at Home: What Happens When You Rehearse a Conversation
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsNeed to discuss a sensitive subject? Dr. Gary tells how to avoid the trap of thinking you know what your partner will say.
Chronic Communication at Home: Texting? How About Talking?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsLearn how texting can lead to misunderstandings about sensitive topics like your health and your relationship.
Chronic Communication at Home: It’s So Easy to Place Blame
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsDr. Gary explains how you can avoid the blame game and strengthen your relationship with your partner.
Chronic Communication at Home: How Would an Outsider View the Atmosphere in Your Home?
By Dr GaryCA No CommentsLearn how the answer can help make your home a place where everyone in the family feels understood, supported, and loved.