Parenting teens and adolescents is hard. Sometimes parents find themselves wondering if it an alien has replaced their once sweet kid with a moody, irritable impostor. It’s debatable as to whether being an adolescent or parenting one is more difficult, but either way...
Marriage is so hard. You hear this on talk shows, on the internet, from elders—pretty much everywhere. I won’t lie—I’m a married person, and I’ve said this. And marriage is hard…sort of…but not really. Anyway, that’s for a different post. What we hear far...
Mindfulness is the topic du jour in the media, and for good reason. The benefits of mindfulness have been extensively researched across various fields–-work, anxiety and depression, parenting, and intimate relationships. Virtually every aspect of our daily lives has...
It has happened to the best of us. You went out on a date (or two) with someone, had what you thought was a great time, were assured by your date that they would call and then…nothing. No call, no text, no smoke signal—nada. You replay the interactions with this...
I’m a big proponent of premarital counseling or coaching for couples but I know that in the whirlwind that is your engagement it’s often one of the things that falls by the wayside. Couples get busy and money runs out after bridesmaid gifts and exquisite...
Remember those middle school lunches. You know the ones where you enter the cafeteria hoping someone has saved you a seat or at least is willing to say hello. Or maybe you were the girl who everyone talked to and everyone hoped would sit at their table. It’s funny...
