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Marriage 101

THE MARRIAGE 101 COURSE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Marriage 101 is an opportunity to study love! This undergraduate class at Northwestern University involves a weekly lecture on an aspect of sex, love, and marriage—for example, healthy dating, conflict management, the impact of …

Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101

Presentation at the National Association of Marriage and Relationship Education, Anaheim, CA. Click here for more information. …

The Marriage 101 Course at Northwestern University

Every spring, I have the pleasure of teaching a course that truly is my passion, the course that lights me up year after year-- Building loving and lasting relationships: Marriage 101. It is an undergraduate course offered through the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) at Northwestern …

2 weeks ago by dr.alexandra.solomon I’ve been a therapist, client, teacher, learner for a long ass time, and this is the thing I know most of all~~ YOUR PRESENCE IS YOUR SUPER POWER. What would happen if you really, deeply, truly started to believe that? * It’s not your money, your fixing, or your cleverness. It’s not your pity or your praise. * It’s your love-infused presence. I want that to feel like a weight off your shoulders, like a deep exhale. Show up. Listen. Tune yourself into the experience of the other. Decenter yourself (your ego, your desire to rescue, your impatience, your moral
2 weeks ago by dr.alexandra.solomon (Content warning: abuse) Are you someone who has a pattern of ignoring relationship red flags? There are different underlying dynamics that can create this tendency, for sure, but I want to bring your attention to one dynamic in particular~~ BETRAYAL BLINDNESS. * Betrayal blindness is a coping strategy used by kids who grow up with abusive or neglectful parents. Betrayal blindness means you don’t allow yourself to see what you see, and you don’t allow yourself to know what you know. Cuz it’s too painful. If you are small and the person you rely on most in the world is
3 weeks ago by dr.alexandra.solomon For the sake of our emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing, we must always be looking for how we can shift from VICTIM to SURVIVOR. * Victim= stuck in the past, passive, drowning in pain. Survivor= living in the now, active, committed to recovery, using pain to fuel something bigger (kindness, self-care, activism, etc) * We never ask for (or are to blame for) our wounds, traumas, and/or oppressions. AND at the very same time, we must be vigilant in our reclamation of our power, dignity, and health. * But, be clear, this isn’t a snap-your-fingers, wave-your-magic-wand, do-some-affirmations, flip-a-switch and be
1 week ago by dr.alexandra.solomon Pooh Bear’s words feel apropos on this National Day of mourning in the US, as we mark the passing of our 41st POTUS. A day like today, if we allow it, grants us the opportunity to connect with all of what *we* have lost in our own lives. And, if we let ourselves ride that wave of emotion, we are very likely to bump up against some precious gems. Why? Because the pain of loss is multifaceted, refusing to be define purely as bad/awful/avoid at all costs. ***** The pain of loss contains within it the gem of gratitude~~ I
2 days ago by dr.alexandra.solomon A marriage is a love story with many chapters. Beginnings, middles, and endings happen again and again. When a couple brings home a baby, for example, this is an ending and a beginning at the very same time. The couple must let go of the chapter that was all about living as a party of two, and they must embrace the glorious-exhausting-joyful-terrifying chapter of new parenthood. What are the chances that these two partners will transition between those chapters in exactly the same way? 0.00% chance. * The loss of freedom will be harder for one than the other. *

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