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Is Parenting After Separation More Difficult?
While many researchers may indicate yes to this question, it doesn't have to be so. The initial turmoil and emotional upset following separation and divorce impacts all family members to some extent disrupting family stability, emotional balance...
Work-Love Relationships: Are They a Good Idea?
The good points: You are with someone who can relate to work-related concerns (e.g., meeting deadlines, co-worker conflicts, or management stress). You may be the type of person who feels great about seeing your partner each day at work and at...
Holiday Tips For Life!
While it sure is great to be employed, it is also important to take holidays for restoration and rejuvenation. Planning for a holiday can add stress to our already busy lives, however, taking a little time to plan generally enhances your holiday...
Separation or Divorce: Should I leave him? Should I leave her? We have kids, what do I do?
So many people make this decision far too quickly and with very limited and or biased information. After working in the counselling field for over twenty years, I have grown increasingly “pro family”. We often hear the following two main thoughts...
Co-operative and Positive Parenting (CAPP)
Most of us take parenting skills for granted – that we will somehow instinctively “know” what, when and how to parent. We are gifted with the sage advice of “elders” and (at times) conflicting words of wisdom from friends who claim to have “been...
Barking up the Wrong Tree ?
I'm just back from camping and refreshed with a sense of awe at the magnificence of nature. It appears as though God has this amazing multimedia brush that he simply swipes across the canvas and before our eyes, around every corner there is a...