Relationship Woes After You’ve Had a Baby: What to Expect and How to Fix Them
For months, possibly for years, you have thought of how your life would change once you had a child. You imagine your schedule becoming busier, perhaps filled with playdates, parenting classes, and errands with your little one in tow. You probably assumed that you...
Having a Partner with Anxiety: What You Need to Know
You have found the right person. They are kind, caring, funny, and they are the perfect complement. The only thing that seems out of place is their anxiety. You try to cope with it, you try to help them through their most anxious moments. Sometimes, though, it feels...
Get Out of the Rut: Tips for Strengthening Your Marriage
It is easy to get swept up in the familiar routine of life. The daily grind of jobs, commuting, family, children, activities, meals, and chores can be overwhelming at first, but we gradually settle in and it all begins to feel comfortable after a while. Generally,...
Vacationing Without Kids: A Powerful Way to Reconnect
You’ve just reached the point in your family life where your kids are in school each day and have become a bit more independent. With some of the neediness and sleepless nights in the past, you wonder if it is high time to rekindle the romance and take a vacation with...
Common Relationship Issues (And When to Get Help)
A common misconception about relationships is that one person’s happiness is dependent upon the actions of the other. That is simply not the case. In a relationship, your happiness begins and ends within you! It is critical to remember that, above all, our own...
When to Consider Couples Counseling
When it comes to your relationship, each and every problem can seem magnified. Over time, many things could lead to a breakdown between you and your spouse or partner. Feelings of hopelessness, confusion, anger, or frustration may set in. Many wonder if there could be...
Coping with the Valentine’s Blues
Once the holiday season begins to fade, we start to see familiar heart-shaped boxes of chocolates in the grocery and drug store aisles. No sooner do we toast the New Year and we are suddenly bombarded with Valentine’s Day decorations, flowers, treats, and balloons. It...
Reigniting the Fireworks in 2019
If everyday stressors along with the added pressures of the holidays have strained your relationship, a “New Year’s Resolution” to reconnect with your significant other could be the first step toward “reigniting the fireworks. It really is the perfect time to take a...
Is Anxiety Sabotaging Your Relationship?
You’ve finally met “the one!” So why is your stomach in knots and your mind filled with thoughts like “does he or she really like me?” or “will this work out?” Pretty common during early stages of a relationship, worries such as these often subside as time...
Premarital Counseling – Is it right for you?
Congratulations, you’re engaged! It’s such a happy time unless you are having second thoughts. After all, you’ve seen other couples who were ecstatic in the beginning become incompatible over time. Are you having a case of “wedding jitters” or is it possible you’ve...
