Have you ever wished you were an only child? Ever want to flush your brother or sister down the toilet? You are not alone!
82% of people in Western countries have at least one sibling. Shocking to parents, fascinating new research indicates that across all cultures, siblings spend more time together during their childhood than they do with parents! So siblings have a profound effect on childhood development. Read the rest of this entry »
Q. Help! My wife’s life mission is to go shopping daily and come back with bags of stuff we don’t need. Is she addicted? Why does she do this?
A. Many people love to shop and occasionally splurge on gifts for themselves and others. No problem. The danger signal surfaces when shopping becomes a frequent necessity and we feel out of control. We suffer intense emotional distress if we cannot shop. Our behavior wreaks havoc on our family, friends, finances, and unravels our relationships.
If you regularly shop till you drop or are obsessed with the desire to shop,
take this quiz and shop for the truth about your buying habits: Read the rest of this entry »
Q. My marriage feels dead in its tracks, flatter than road kill. Strange thing is, I know we still love each other. We aren’t depressed, but we both seem too exhausted to work on it.
Help!
A. Know that you are not alone. Our multitasking schedules rob us of couple time. Many partners lament, “There just ain’t enough time!” And sobering statistics reveal that couples may not be aware that the foundation of their marriage may have been flawed from the get go. Read the rest of this entry »
Oh, my gosh, he’s gone…or hip hip hoorah, here comes that sewing room I always wanted! Empty nest syndrome refers to all the emotions you feel when your child leave home and strikes out on his own. Going off to college, starting a new job, or getting married, when your kid leave home for the first time, the entire architecture of your parental world is going to change. But it doesn’t have to come crumbling down! Read the rest of this entry »
Q: I am a working mother of 3 small kids. Now matter how hard I try to be a good mother, career woman, and wife, and I don’t seem able to keep up this juggling act. I hear the word “balance”, but all I feel is guilty! Can you help?
A: Remember that old saying,” No one gets it all?” My dear juggling mom, wife, and career woman, truer words were never spoken! Many years ago, Women’s Lib was supposed to free up women, to open that jail cell door we called home. While many women jumped on the equal opportunity bus and rode off to rewarding careers, many other women rode the guilt wagon right to their therapists! Read the rest of this entry »
Planning, preparation, prioritizing, producing results…daunting for sure, yet all necessary for success! You’re in college supposedly getting ready to jump into the real world, but if you’re feeling like a circus juggler trying to manage your studies, job, relationship, friends, and extracurricular activities (whew!), you are not alone. College kids on campuses everywhere are screaming, “There ain’t enough time!” Even if you do have your goals lined up, Facebook beckons, and perhaps you procrastinate. Read the rest of this entry »
Q. I am so embarrassed. I am almost a teenager, and I can’t sleep much at night. I am sleepy all day and I want to fall asleep at school. Here’s the hard part, I still wet the bed, so I can’t have friends sleep over. Can you help me?
A. I am so proud of you for being brave enough to want to solve these very difficult problems. The good news is that these are problems we can help you solve. Read the rest of this entry »
Want to be healthier? I bet you’ve heard the same old story over and over, “Eat nutritious foods, exercise, learn to be assertive, and all sorts of other wonderful little nuggets of wisdom supposed to motivate you, but in reality often engender guilt. Read the rest of this entry »