Are you feeling unfulfilled in your marriage or long-term relationship and looking for ways to improve it? If so, where are you looking? Are you focusing purely on you and your partner as a couple, or are you also reflecting on your life [...]
You used to have a healthy relationship but then something happened. Somehow, someway, your partner disappointed you -- not enough to completely break you but enough to shake your once rock-solid foundation. You agree to work through it. "We can get through this," [...]
We all need room to breathe. Some more so than others. I used to be one of those all-up-in-your-face people. Now, while not perfect, I'm much better at giving people space. In fact, as a life coach, I'm now a professional space-giver. Giving [...]
My husband is in the process of getting his Canadian citizenship. As part of the process, he had to take two tests: an oral test and a comprehension test. He scored higher in the first than the second, which didn't surprise me. I [...]
I'm trying to be less judgemental. It isn't easy, as you're about to read. Try not to judge me, okay? One day, I was out walking my dog along the boardwalk. Suddenly I noticed a little girl standing all alone. I was concerned. [...]
Greetings from St. John's, Newfoundland. Hubby and I have escaped for a week of much-needed couple time. Do you ever find you can go days (or even weeks) without connecting with your partner? I do. We just get so tied up with our [...]
If you Google blended family you'll find endless articles and websites that focus on helping you meet the challenges head-on. Yes, there are challenges -- and plenty of them. But one thing I've learned through personal experience -- something these resources don't tend to talk [...]
Years ago, a friend shared with me her uncertainty about whether or not she wanted to become a mother. I tried to relay something that someone had shared with me when I was pregnant. The essence was this: becoming a parent adds a [...]
I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about the importance of making connections -- real connections with real human beings based on real things, be they deep or delightfully mundane. Lo and behold, this unfolds on my way home from the doctor's [...]
Every year, on the third Monday of February, Canada celebrates Family Day in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Usually, this day passes me by unnoticed and unobserved (except when I go to pick up wine and discover the liquor store is closed). I [...]
