by Jeff Packer | Sep 4, 2024 | Change, Eating Disorder, Family, Mental Health
What a Puzzle One of the most difficult puzzles to put together is how to best help a loved one suffering from an eating disorder. As their family, we want to support them, love them, and even help “cure” them. We watch them struggle and we too will...
by Jeff Packer | Sep 2, 2024 | Change, Love & Relationships, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce
Why Does This Keep Happening? “I took two years before stepping into another relationship. The previous lasted four years. At the four-year mark, my world was turned upside down. I could honestly say that I cried every day for the first year (although the...
by Jeff Packer | Aug 30, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
Why Do I Feel So Worthless? Breaking up from a romance or going through separation and divorce knocks us down emotionally. These tough times can even increase negative self-talk, lowering our self-esteem. We invested so much of ourselves that when the relationship...
by Jeff Packer | Aug 23, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Mental Health, Problem-Solving
Doubts Are Normal… You’re Not Alone “What is some stranger going to tell me about my life that I don’t already know?” “Do I really have to lie on a couch and tell this guy about my dreams?” “My partner already judges me, why go to someone...
by Jeff Packer | Aug 21, 2024 | Affairs and Adultery, Anger Management, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Cooperative Parenting, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Stress, Teens
Post Separation Thoughts and Behaviours Really Matter Let’s consider why we think we may have a difficult time co-parenting with our ex-partners: She/he has an addiction and refuses to get help. Who knows who she/he will have around my child? She/he has repeatedly...
by Jeff Packer | Aug 19, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Family, Grief, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Stress
Discover How To Play It Well Receiving the confirmation of the diagnosis that our child has an Autism Spectrum Disorder brings with it a wide array of emotional and cognitive upheaval. There may be initial shock, disbelief and even denial, often quickly followed by...
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