Tuesdays with Muerte

*Rockstar dating coach and marriage & family therapist, Alisa Snell , does it again with this outstanding post on how YOU need to communicate so your significant other will feel comfortable receiving what you have to say, or to sharing what they have a hard time sharing*   To talk in a way that your partner will listen, and listen in a way that your partner will talk, follow the five steps below. Women, before you make a complaint or express a need: Smile and act confident that he will respond well and that you both will work the situation out. Touch him. Express your gratitude for what he does right. State your faith and trust in him and in the goodness of his intentions. Tell him what you would like him to do. For example, if he arrives twenty minutes late for the third time that month, greet him with a soft smile, warmth, and confidence. Express your appreciation for some of the things he is doing well. Then, later that evening, touch him on the arm an...

#5. Time flies by in moments. A question you think you only took 15-minutes to complete, really took you AN HOUR! You're doing homework and suddenly, it's 5am! You're 5-minute-alarm-clock-snooze magically turns into 2 hours and you literally don't know how. #4. You're mentally space out (resembling a zombie more than a living, functioning person). You bake cornbread muffins, but instead of turning the oven knob to BAKE, you absent-mindedly turn the knob to BROIL and proceed to fill your domicile with smoke and sadness. You sleep in two-hour spurts whenever they are available.  (Noon-time? No problem.) You try to open your car without your keys and can't figure out why it won't open. (#notsafetodrive) #3. Your body physically degrades and you lose spacial awareness. The blistering white screen of a word processor starts to burn your eyes, like a vampire exposed to daylight. You bonk your head on things as you bob and weave down the hall...