“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.” -John Steinbeck I have loved this quote for thirty years and a few others like it. I think it’s essential to have a touchstone to hold onto during times of rapid and radical change. Given how easy it is, in the face […]
Emotional Self-Healing for Couples and Families
“Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with […]
Happy Families Have Feelings Too…
“Feelings are what connect us to life and to one another. To be able to feel is one of the extraordinary gifts of humanity. To neither suppress our feelings nor be caught by them but to withstand them, that is the art.” […]
Book signing, Presentation in Ventura
Bank of Books Bookstore 748 E. Main St. Ventura, CA Saturday, January 14, 2-3 PM How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family Don MacMannis, Ph.D., and Debra Manchester MacMannis, M.S.W., will be doing a book signing for How’s Your Family Really Doing? 10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family. This […]
Improving Family Communication
Effective communication is one of the cornerstones of relationship. It is the means by which we form connections with others, work out inevitable conflicts that arise, make plans for the future, collaborate on a project, or achieve greater intimacy. It can be far more difficult than any of us first imagined. After all, we’ve been […]
Family Communications & Effective Conversations
Countless people suffer from social anxiety. Some people get uncomfortable speaking to strangers, while others are comfortable with small talk but are overwhelmed when having more emotional or intimate conversations. If you, or someone you love, struggles with finding and maintaining relationships, and you think that communication may be at the root, Alan Garner’s book, Conversationally Speaking: […]
