Blog Post – 18^th November 2023

By Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling

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Relationship Crisis in the run up to Christmas

The Christmas holiday season is expected to be a time of merriment and joy. “So here it is, Merry Christmas. Everybody’s having fun”, blares out the radio on a daily basis.

Families get together to exchange gifts, and to eat special meals – like turkey and stuffing; Christmas pudding with brandy sauce; rich fruit cake with marzipan; mince pies; and so on.

Expectations of fun and joy run high!

It’s an expensive time; and it is also the worst time of year for couple relationships.

The stresses and strains of the season tend to break fragile relationships.

The first day of January each year is Divorce Day.

If you want to improve your marriage, or couple relationship, to avoid that misery, then I have put together a lot of helpful ideas, here:

How to Resolve Conflict and Unhappiness: Especially during Festive Celebrations:

Coping with and resolving frustrations, disappointments and interpersonal clashes at family celebrations like Christmas, Yuletide, Hanukkah, Eid, and Thanksgiving

By Dr Jim Byrne (With Renata Taylor-Byrne)

Conflict can happen in families at any time of year.  It jut so happens that the first Monday after the Christmas & New Year annual holidays is called ‘Divorce Day’, because that is when the highest number of divorce petitions is issued. And it seems most likely that the other major family holiday times are the runners up in the divorce stakes.  However, what is hidden under these divorce statistics is the mountain of personal and social misery that precedes such drastic ‘solutions’ to repeated conflict, disappointments and interpersonal clashes.

But there is a better way to deal with these problems. Rather than letting the misery build up over time, you can take control of both your own mind, and the way you communicate within your family and society.  You can insulate your social relationships from constant or repeated misery and unhappiness; and learn to have a wonderful life with your family and friends.

The solutions have been assembled by me in this book about how to re-think/re-feel/re-frame your encounters with your significant others; how to communicate so they will listen; how to listen so they can communicate with you; and how to manage your lifestyle for optimum peace, happiness and success in all your relationships.

Amazon stocks this paperback and eBook on conflict resolution…

Don’t let your relationships deteriorate. Get the solution today. Click this link for more.***

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And, if you and/or your partner want to work on your relationship, to sort out the underlying problems, please take a look at my web page: Individual counselling for couple relationship problems.***

I sincerely hope you do not need my book or my counselling service. I want to wish you a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year.

Or Happy Hanukkah, or Winter Holiday, etc.

Best wishes,

Jim Byrne

Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling

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