by Jeff Packer | Feb 24, 2024 | Conflict, Cooperative Parenting, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce
Keep Personal and Professional Separate? Not Always Ever consider bringing some of the skills you learn at the office home, into your marriage and family life? It is quite common to struggle with communication in our personal lives; to become quickly frustrated,...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 22, 2024 | Anxiety, Conflict, Depression, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Horrendous secrets many people carry for months, years, decades and maybe even to their grave can lead to debilitating stress. This can result in what many people call a “break-down”. It was historically referred to as a “nervous breakdown”,...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 13, 2024 | Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
There is an assumption that the key to having a successful relationship is common interests. Some thoughts that may arise in a troubling relationship are: “We have nothing in common!” “Opposites DO NOT attract!” “If we don’t like the same things, there is nothing to...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 11, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Grief, Stress
What is it about smooth stones, weathered over centuries by the constant tumbling and jostling of the waves and currents, that we seem to find so attractive? As stormy and turbulent waters persistently knock randomly shaped rocks into one another, their sharp edges...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 8, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Stress, Teens
Family: composed of many unique individuals, with varying thoughts, beliefs, opinions and pursuits for life. We don’t choose our family; they are pretty much assigned to us. We may assume that we were destined to be in the family we are in; that the individuals...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 5, 2024 | Anger Management, Conflict, Depression, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
Learning To Express Anger Well Growing up, I used to think some feelings are bad and some are good. We are supposed to have a whole wide range of emotions. While it may be common to believe some are better than others, all emotions are essential to our human...
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