Emotional Expression – Don Olund – Helping couples and families connect Hinsdale, IL

In Communication, Couples, Emotional Expression, Marriage, Podcast, vulnerability

Posted May 12, 2018

1 Thing That Sets Connected Couples Apart

What is the one thing that sets connected couples apart from others? It’s not just what they do per se. We’ve covered that in previous blogs. Things like: good communication mutual support [...]

By Don Olund

In Connecting, Emotional Expression, Emotions, Managing Emotions, Relationships, Women's Issues

Posted May 5, 2018

How to respond when your woman is becoming emotional

Most guys don’t know how to respond when their woman becomes emotional. It reminds me of a classic scene from the movie, “A League of Their Own”. “There’s no crying in [...]

By Don Olund

In Communication, Connecting, Emotional Expression, Healthy relationships, Podcast

Posted October 22, 2016

How to Raise the Comfort Level in Communication

Most couples come to see me for help in communication. When asked to describe the problem, I often hear… “When we fell in love opening up was effortless. We could talk for hours! Now [...]

By Don Olund

In Communication, Emotional Expression, Emotions, Healthy relationships, Managing Emotions

Posted October 25, 2015

What to do when she wants to vent

How is the venting system working in your relationship? Does it function properly? Or, do you find that when your spouse wants to vent, problems erupt? The other day a couple raised this issue [...]

By Don Olund

In Emotional Expression, Emotions

Posted November 27, 2014

How to Exercise Healthy Emotional Expression

Unexpressed emotions will never die, they are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways – Sigmund Freud When it comes to emotional expression guys are at a disadvantage. We are [...]