Breaking down conflict, with actionable tips on how to successfully deal with it. Click HERE to listen. Click HERE to subscribe.
PODCAST: Managing Conflict
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Relationships
The First Fry: Are You Angry or “Hangry”?
"We can't do this anymore!" She screamed out. "I can't take this! It can't be like this!" He yelled back. They were so upset with each other. "After all this...
PODCAST: Achieving Happiness in Your Relationship
Dr. Conte is joined by his wife of 15 years, Kristen, to talk about how to ensure a happy relationship. Click HERE to listen.
Ask Dr. Conte: Why Can’t I Let Go of My Anger?
“I’m so pissed at my brother right now. The last time we spoke was over a month ago, and we both agreed it’d be best if we just didn’t talk for awhile. The...
Trimming the Roast: Blindly Following in the Footsteps of Others
A little girl once asked her mother why she cut the ends off her roast beef before she cooked it. The mother replied that she didn’t know why; she just did it because her mother did. So the little girl went to her grandmother and asked her why she cut the ends off the...
The Wise Deer and the Silly Squirrel: A Lesson in Patience
Co-written with my amazing daughter, Kaia. Once upon a time there lived a wise deer who taught many creatures of the forest. One day, an overly eager (and very silly) squirrel came to the deer to learn about the world. He walked right up to the great teacher and...
The Contributions of Burrhus, or: The Importance of Consistency in Parenting
The Skinner box was a specifically designed apparatus that involved a rat, a lever, and food pellets. The experiments done in the Skinner box (named after its inventor, Burrhus Frederic Skinner) provided the world with a really important scientific reason for why...
My Bad, Child: Accepting Responsibility for How We Shape Our Children
I once worked with a family who originally brought their 14 year-old daughter in for therapy; we’ll call the girl “Sally.” Her parents reported that Sally was “defiant, moody, and disrespectful,” according to them, she was a “bad child.” In fact, in the initial...
Making A Moment: Putting Others First
Most of us are familiar with the phrase, “take a moment,” but I wonder what might happen if we traded the first “t” in that phrase for an “m.” A client recently shared me that she was upset that her husband did not find the time to “put her first.” Now, it’s been my...