6 Way To Recalibrate and Focus Where You Spend Your Energy This Holiday Season

Many of us may think of the holidays with fantasies of sugar plum fairies, ginger bread cookies and a house filled with the smell of fresh baked bread.  In reality, however, it can be stressful.  Continue reading

Monogamy vs. Infidelity: How to Affair Proof Your Marriage and Create Lasting Love

The parallel experiences of treating hundreds of couples over forty-seven years while at the same time learning how to love one woman well have taught me several enduring truths about marriage:   Marriage has never been, nor will it ever be … Continue reading

What Being An LGBTQ+ Ally Actually Looks Like

Being an ally can be mystifying for some people — what does it mean to be an LBGTQ+ ally? Continue reading

How Can We Encourage Bodily Autonomy in Our Children?

Bodily autonomy is the right for a person to be in control of their own body. This concept applies to both boys and girls and is something that all parents should teach their kids. Continue reading

How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Partner

A relationship with a firm foundation is likely to face the turbulence that life brings along with much more ease. Continue reading

Tenacity in Children: the dynamic instincts that exist in each child from birth and the prominent role they play in the course of a child’s development

In the first book we co-authored, Raising Resilient Children, we defined resilience as a process of competent functioning under duress and adversity.  We identified the components of a “resilient mindset” and included self-discipline as one of these components.  As we … Continue reading