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How to Make Co-Parenting Work During COVID-19
In the best of times, co-parenting can be challenging but when you add in a pandemic and the start of a new school year, the situation can feel downright impossible, especially if you and your ex have difficulty seeing eye to eye. During COVID-19 your family’s safety...
The Art of Losing Control
In our lives we often feel worried. When life begins to feel chaotic and anxiety-provoking, we tend to move towards desiring control. We want to control our finances, and make sure that we have enough for the next month. We want to control our children, who seemingly...
What Parents Need to Know About Their Child’s Social Development During Quarantine: A Short Age by Age Guide
We all know family time is important, but with COVID-19, quarantine and social distancing may have you wondering if we’ve got too much a good thing on our hands. As our society chugs along and kids of all ages are spending more time out of school and away from...
Understanding Conflict in Your Relationship
I recently published a Vlog about how marriage therapy works, and since then I’ve had a lot of questions about one particular aspect of that talk. There seems to be interest in learning a bit more about the conflict cycle or dance. So today I’m going to spend just a...
3 Reasons Why Parents of Special Needs Children Deserve Applause During COVID-19
For many parents of children with special needs, resilience during COVID-19 is your secret weapon. From the day you learned of your child’s unique challenges, you’ve been problem-solving and overcoming the unexpected for the benefit of your child. Melissa Winchell, a...
5 Ways to Help Your Child Manage School-Related Stress This Fall
Back to school is usually a time filled with excitement and anticipation both for parents and kids. But as summer draws to an end this year, parents and children nationwide are facing uncertainty and a whole new set of expectations for the coming school year due to...
5 Reasons Why Pandemic Related Uncertainty Is Making You Anxious
From the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak the information surrounding the virus and how best to prevent it has been overwhelming. How infectious is it? Who is most at risk? How is it transmitted? These are common questions with uncertain answers. It’s this...
3 Ways to Protect and Strengthen Your Marriage
A lot of couples are finding it difficult to cultivate good connections with each other during this Covid-19 crisis. After all, we’re together almost constantly, but not finding many opportunities for quality interactions. Many people are feeling the emotional toll...
How Couples Therapy Works
Couples Therapy can be really tough work, and often, the longer you’ve been married and not addressed the root issues, the tougher the work can become. I want to encourage you today that though the work can be difficult, it is not impossible. I want to share a few...
Mindfulness During Quarantine: Why We Need to Connect & Care (Part 5 of 5)
Many of us are succumbing to the isolation and withdrawing into our own worlds, which can lead to feelings of dread about doing this shelter in place for another week. I’d like to encourage you to pay careful attention to your mindset as you make your way through...
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There are a lot of broken families who struggle to do life well together.
That’s why we help families create an environment where deeper connection & healing can happen.