How to Help Those Who Are Grieving
It’s been many years since my mom passed away at the age of 53. Although I do often think of what might have been, the process of grieving both throughout her illness and then after [...]
3 Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong
In marriage, drift can so easily happen and so we've come up with three ways to help keep our marriage strong and to get us back on track when it does. Of course, even 32 years [...]
Helping Stepchildren Cope with Dual Citizenship
Most stepchildren live in two countries; that is, they hold citizenship in two homes and are invested in the quality of life found in both. Parents should do everything they can to help children thrive [...]
Connecting With Teens
Often we think in order to connect with someone we need to be the same. Same interests, cheering for the same team, shopping at the same stores, sharing a love of the same foods. While [...]
Marriage is Worth it
My son asked me the other day if he was the hardest-best thing that's ever happened to me. I laughed, because he knows the truth of our relationship. He knows he's hard but he also [...]
Teaching Our Kids to be Kind
We work through various themes in our family. They seem to change about as often as the seasons and so, as we pack away our winter jackets and pull out flip flops, we also reevaluate [...]
How to Deal With a Destructive Parent: Part Two
Read part one of this series. I’ll never forget receiving a call from a woman I’ll call Carrie. She had recently remarried and needed some marital counseling. But what caught me off guard was the [...]
7 Ways to Help Heal After an Affair
The consequences of an affair are overwhelming and horrifically painful. The realization that you are in this place that you never expected to be can be devastating. Here are a few things that can help to [...]
Avoid Parenting Panic: Be Cautious, Not Psychotic
No matter what stage we are in, as parents, we have to face our fears. If we don’t deal with them properly we can either become overprotective and stifling, or the opposite: nonchalant and careless. [...]
5 Ways to Avoid Parenting Panic
It happens almost immediately from the moment we find out there’s a human we are now going to be responsible for raising. Panic. It makes sense though. Upon pregnancy alone we’re bombarded with questions [...]