How Do I Navigate My Emotions to be Available to my Kids?
Parenting is stressful! The goal is not to eliminate stress all together since that is impossible, however children learn constantly by watching our behavior. We have the responsibility to prepare...
When is it Time for your Adult Child to Leave Home
Who would have considered such a situation as we brought our newborn home from the hospital? We have dreams for their future and our lives together, so how could I...
How to Cope with Failure
Most of us do not want to have this word in our vocabulary. Failure means defeat! However, if we look at the most successful people in history we find that...
How to cope with change?
Contrary to what we might think; change is difficult. If I want to change there is some stress, but if that change if forced on someone it is even more...
Conflict with Parents: Getting them to Listen
Unfortunately, we CANNOT make anyone listen to us, no less our parents; but we can do some things to promote a possibility where this can take place. Let’s consider some...
What to do When Your Husband Looks at Porn
Pornography is a multi-million dollar business that exploits people. It demeans who they are. This very premise should be enough to convince us that pornography is not healthy for anyone....
Coping? What is the difference between coping and codependency?
This can be difficult to discern at times. By its basic definition, Codependency is “doing for others what they are capable of doing for themselves”. Its root desire is to...