Category: mothers
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Pet Peeves: Can a Pet Make or Break Your Marriage?
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in adoption, advice, appreciation, children, coaching, communication, compatibility, conflict, counseling, depression, fairness, family, fathers, house, marriage, men, mothers, podcasts, stress, tips, womenPets can be a source of joy, or a nightmare. Which kind of pet should you get, if any? How many is too many? Whose responsibility is it to take care of them? The issues of pets are fairly easy to work out on your own, but when you and your spouse disagree about how…
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Picking up the Pieces After Infidelity
Is it really possible to truly forgive and forget when it comes to infidelity? Every human has needs. When it comes right down to it, greed can be one of those needs. More often than it should happen, in life, people look at what’s out there and suddenly what they have isn’t enough. As our…
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Being Mindful in Your Marriage
What is the key to being mindful in your marriage? The idea of mindfulness is to be present to ourselves physically, emotionally, spiritually and literally in the moment. Being mindful involves focusing on your breathing and thoughts rather than projecting yourself into the future with worries and anxiety. Sometimes it is much easier, mentally, to…
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Empty Nest
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in advice, aging, anxiety, appreciation, children, communication, compatibility, conflict, counseling, events, family, fathers, intimacy, marriage, men, money, mothers, podcasts, romance, stepfamilies, stress, tips, womenWhat happens to a marriage when parents must begin to prepare for an empty nest? When parents start to prepare to send their son or daughter off to college they are not only helping to ease the transition into college life for their child, but also paving the way for their own next steps… of…
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The Importance of Team Parenting
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in advice, appreciation, children, coaching, communication, compatibility, conflict, control, counseling, fairness, family, fathers, fighting, intimacy, marriage, men, mothers, podcasts, special need, stepfamilies, stress, tips, womenAre you and your partner on the same team when it comes to parenting? When two people get married, there are natural stressors that become apparent. When a child enters the picture, and there’s now parenting involved, certain marriage stressors are intensified. Let’s face it– there’s no manual for parenting. And while raising happy, healthy…
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Fitness and Marriage
Does physical fitness really play a part in maintaining a healthy and happy marriage? These days, people’s lives are increasingly busy. Most waking moments are spent working full-time jobs, keeping up with household chores, and taking care of pesky responsibilities. At the end of the day, many couples feel too tired to do anything other…