Into The Fix

Dr. Ward talks about the how shared values can bring us together despite political differences. People in urban areas don't have different values than people in rural areas. They have different concerns. Different priorities.

Dr. Ward talks about politics and how the country could begin using the same skills couples use in healthy relationships to address its differences.

Dr. Ward talks about parenting and explores things you can do to be more successful in your parenting such as; remembering the big picture, watching how you say what you say etc.

Dr. Ward talks about happiness and discusses how people often fail to achieve happiness because they are seeking the wrong thing. The goal is not happiness, the goal is contentment. Happiness is focused on how you feel now. Contentment is how you feel overall.

Dr. Ward talks about confidence and arrogance and how allowing confidence to become arrogance will hold us back.

Dr. Ward discusses the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas and explores why these things happen, the feelings these events evoke and things we can do to manage these feelings and begin addressing gun violence.

Dr. Ward talks about how to understand your anger in a different way and how this will allow you to manage your anger more effectively than you have been previously.

Dr. Ward talks about how people tend to live in extremes and how adopting a more balanced approach can allow you to better manage your life.

Dr. Ward talks about expectations and how "should" affects what we expect and how we respond if we don't get what we expect.

Dr. Ward talks about how many of the mistakes we make come from the same issue and how identifying the underlying reason for our difficulties can help us resolve the larger issue.

Dr. Ward talks about the differences between goals and plans in a relationship and how most people spend more time on plans that never help them achieve their goals in their relationship

Dr. Ward talks about why people have a hard time getting beyond the past as well as steps you can take to begin moving beyond the past and build a positive relationship.

Dr. Ward talks about how to accept your partner's "faults" and begin accepting them as they are.

Dr. Ward talks about pornography and how the messages it conveys can affect our view of sex and relationships. Dr. Ward also discusses how these views affect what we expect of and how we interact in relationships.

Dr. Ward talks about how peoples view of their past mistakes affects their ability to truly accept themselves. He then discusses ways you can reframe and accept the mistakes you make as just being a normal part of life.

Dr. Ward talks about how comparing ourselves affects our ability to truly accept ourselves and explores way we can combat this and begin feeling better about ourselves.

Dr. Ward talks about how the past affects our view of ourselves and affects our ability to truly accept ourselves as well as ways we can begin addressing and moving beyond the past.

Dr. Ward talks about how the messages we tell ourselves shape how we feel about ourselves as well as ways we can begin changing these messages.

Dr. Ward talks about the difference between sex and intimacy and how understanding this difference can improve your relationship.

Dr. Ward talks about how to make deposits and withdrawals in your relationship and how the goal is to always carry a positive balance

Dr. Ward talks about how principles are the things I must have in a relationship and how preferences are how I would prefer things to be like in my relationship. Most couples form a relationship because they have shared principles, most relationships end because couples can't agree on preferences.

Dr. Ward talks about why people get into relationships. Knowing why they are in a relationship allows people to know and set expectations for what they want in a relationship.

Dr. Ward talks about different ways you can stop the damage, reset your relationship, and begin making changes to improve your relationship.

Dr. Ward talks about how to handle those times when we don't reach our goals and how to regroup and refocus our efforts going forward

Dr. Ward talks about how to make plans you will stick to.