Mark B. Borg Jr.'s Blog, page 2
October 17, 2016
When the Perks of Love Interfere With Love
It is sometimes the case that the gifts of love become more important (and are certainly more safe from the risks and anxieties of love) than love itself.
August 30, 2016
Business Connections Complicated by Irrelationship
Everyone knows that "history" causes problems in romantic relationships. It's equally true in business relationships, as this case so pointedly illustrates.
Business Connections Complicated By Irrelationship
Everyone knows that "history" causes problems in romantic relationships. It's equally true in business relationships, as this case so pointedly illustrates.
August 22, 2016
Desperately Seeking a False Sense of Security
It is the awareness of the most mundane threats to our hearts that irrelationship most effectively protects us from—how emotionally close we are to those in our everyday lives.
August 16, 2016
"Same Head Every Day"
Brainlock is our way of describing the neurological/physiological-meets-individual/social/contextual factors that underlie and sustain irrelationship.
August 1, 2016
Your Relationship’s Personality
What is a relationship's personality, and how does it protect itself? Defect and defense can be seen as interchangeable terms—both pinpointing the existence of irrelationship.
July 25, 2016
Want To Save Yourself Years Of Heartache?
Dysregulated relationships have a hard time surviving the transition from the passion of the honeymoon period into a mature, profound, and sustainable commitment to reciprocity.
How Thinking Before You Speak Can Save Your Relationship
Dysregulated relationships have a hard time surviving the transition from the passion of the honeymoon period into a mature, profound, and sustainable commitment to reciprocity.
June 30, 2016
Sex as Relationship Builder or Deal Breaker
Sex can be used to build intimacy. But when a relationship is in trouble, sex can be used just as easily to maintain distance. In that case, sex stops being about sex.
June 6, 2016
The Power of Giving - in Action
There is nothing so valuable as having what we offer to others taken, made use of, and experienced as having value and being useful and helpful. Irrelationship blocks this.
