Maybe it’s time to quit whining about not finding the “right one” and start asking yourself if you’re the right one. The dating-mating hunt is huge these days. Just look at the booming internet dating sites. Lots of people struggle with rotten dates and disappointing relationships and you may be doing the same. It might, […]
It doesn’t feel like you’re going to survive. Maybe there are moments when not surviving seems preferable. You soldier on, though, but you’re not sure how. You get out of bed. You put one foot in front of the other and, somehow, you make it through another day. Grief can seem to suck the life […]
Christy and Jake(not their real names) have been married seven years. They have good jobs, two wonderful children, ages three and five, and a decent income. Jake just confessed to having an affair with a co-worker. There are plenty of friends and family who tell Christy she needs to leave him, but Jake is saying […]
One hundred and fifty million cards will be sent this Mother’s Day. The celebration of maternal love and devotion ranks behind only Christmas in the number of flowers sent. We love our mothers, even if we don’t always like them and we’re not sure they like us. “She’s always yelling at me. She doesn’t like […]
Liz’s boyfriend doesn’t do anything for Valentine’s Day except buy her a lame card from the grocery store and suggest they order pizza instead of her cooking. She cries every February. He’s not that good at birthdays, either, always wanting her to tell him exactly what to get her. Whenever she dresses up, all he […]
A time comes in a parent’s life when what you think or want doesn’t matter to your kid. She’s going her own road and, sometimes, she can reject the things you hold dear. Whether it be lifestyle or religion, your child will make her own choices. I’m offering no excuses here. The job of parent […]
Denise feels horrible her marriage fell apart. It’s all her fault, she’ll state sadly. She didn’t love him enough. She harped at him too much and she was too hard to live with. It was all her, not him. Marco knows his 20 year-old son is struggling in college because he can’t seem to motivate […]
When you and your current squeeze break-up, what’s the first thing you do? Head to the gym? Get a new haircut and wardrobe? Start going out more? Are you immediately shopping for someone new? This is how we deal with grief. Dog die? Buy a new puppy. Get a divorce? Register on Match.com or some […]
Screwing up on a project…or blowing a proposal…or earning a D on a paper can make us feel like worthless losers, but each one of these failures brings us valuable information. We actually need to learn to process failure and rejection. This sounds so wrong! Failure should be avoided at all costs, shouldn’t it? Rejection […]
What if all your friends and relatives really hate your girlfriend? Maybe the two of you get into big fights and she throws you out every other month, leaving you to spend the night on your brother’s couch. Possibly your boyfriend gets drunk at your family get-togethers. Or maybe the two of you fight. A […]