Finding balance in the busy month of May can be a little challenging at times. School is getting close to being done for the year. That usually means recitals, programs, graduations, parties, thank you gifts and cards to all the people in the kids' lives, finishing some sports and starting ...read more
The Golden Rule: How Well Are You “Doing Unto” Others?
Everyone has heard of the Golden Rule. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". At least in theory, we teach our kids this is a really important way to live life. Yet, somehow, it can be hard to apply it routinely in our everyday life. It's easy to make excuses. It's easy to ...read more
Resolve to Prioritize Your Partner in Your New Year’s Resolution
It's days from the New Year and resolutions are on the horizon. Typical resolution choices involve exercise, diet and overall physical health. Don't get me wrong, these are great things to do. How about making a relationship resolution and actually KEEPING it this year? Often, our primary ...read more
Be an Upstander, not a Bystander: Third in Bullying Series
Bystander to bullying can be one of the most controversial or dismissed roles when it comes to the problem with bullying. The typical advice children, teens and even adults receive is to "mind your own business". "Don't get involved". However, there really is no such thing as an "innocent" ...read more
Understanding Bully Behavior: Second in Bully Series
Most people can recognize the most overt bully behavior although some will explain away physical bullying as "boys will be boys". In last month's blog I went over understanding what bullying is as a definition. I also identified how adults share some responsibility. In order to make it easier to ...read more
The Lost Art of Apology: How to Say I’m Sorry
Has giving an apology become a lost art? Often I hear about how our society is less civil and it seems that one part of that loss is the ability to apologize well. Linked closely with an ability to apologize is obviously the ability to take personal responsibility or to hold someone accountable. ...read more
Friendship: Essential to a Well Lived Life
Did you know that Aristotle is considered the father of friendship? He believed that true friendship was essential to a well lived life. Friendship really IS important for all of us, having important ties to our social support, our physical health and our emotional well being. Research on ...read more
The Importance of GOOD Premarital Counseling
Engagements bring much excitement and dreams about the future but often don't bring up thoughts on the importance of good premarital counseling. It's so easy to worry that this kind of counseling will somehow "spoil" the joy. Given that engagements should be about marriage and not a wedding, it's ...read more
Exercising Empathy: Understanding Each Other
Most people know that exercising is important for overall health, even if they don't like it. Did you know that exercising empathy is equally important in relationships for understanding each other? First it may be important to really know what empathy IS. The most basic definition is the ability ...read more
It’s Not Adding Up: Counting Equally in the Relationship
People often ask what the most common issues are in marriage counseling and the generic answer is usually "communication". Digging deeper into what can create real conflict between partners, though, is a sense that both people aren't counting equally in the relationship. Not counting equally is a ...read more
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