Salee Reese

You Always Hurt the One You Love

Walls go up around the heart when we’re treated harshly. Eventually, bitterness replaces the tender love that was once there.  Claire was starting to feel that way toward her husband, Joe, when she sought my help. “He’s constantly critical and demeaning to me!” she said. “It has to change! I’m too miserable to have it […]

Apologies That Mean Something

Ever receive one of those  hollow-eyed, flat apologies? You know … the mechanical kind that lack any substance. Yes, we all know what it’s like, and we all know what we want instead. Tracy and a few others do, and here are their stories. Read them here.

The Latest Wow: Fire Your Inner Critic!

I had a client tell me once: “Every time I put myself down, I’m affirming that my mother was right.” Click here to read about Dawn and Doug and how their childhoods were fertile soil for the formation of negative self-talk and low self-worth.

The Heart Trumps the Spoken Word

A tragic accident took her son’s life. In a mere flash of a second he was gone … gone forever. I had never met the mother nor the son, but my friend had. “What can I say to her?” she asked. We’ve all been there—someone we care about is in the throes of immense grief, […]

Love Shouldn’t be a Prison, and True Love Isn’t

I like this quote:          “Making marriage work is like operating a farm. You have to start all over again each morning.” — Anonymous One thing that assures a long-lasting relationship is kindness—each partner treating the other with the same respect, courtesy and gentleness that characterized their mode of relating in the […]