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Surviving That Prickly Teen Silence

Unsettling, threatening and deeply disturbing. I am sure that’s what teen silence does to almost all parents, and I am one of the flock. My once…

As a mental health therapist, I’m familiar with “the talk”. I’ve had a lot of “talks” with children and teenagers…

My girl woke up with a chip on her shoulder. Our day began with echoes of squabbling in the hallway; breakfast was punctuated by loud clanking…

Did you know that 80 percent of the time women bring up issues in heterosexual relationships? That’s according to Dr. John Gottman who studied…

I’m stinking it up as a parent AGAIN. All my kid wanted me to do was listen and I blew it. And I’d been waiting for days for him to talk…

Y’all this is not a drill! In a country where over 50 percent of couples are doomed to failed marriages, 36 percent of marriages face…

Sometimes date night isn’t perfect. Wait, what? Yes, you read that right. Sometimes it’s not about a candlelit dinner, a surprise…

I’ve felt disconnected from my husband lately because I wasn’t seeing his love in action. And I bottomed out from that a bit. When love is…

Remember when your little one learned how to talk? You were so excited and hung on her every word. The world stopped as you listened to those…

As a Christian who believes the Spirit of the Lord lives within me, I’m blessed to have the inherent ability to allow God’s manifold grace…