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Affairs: Who Has Them, and Why?

If your life hasn't been touched by an affair, you may think that only certain types of people are vulnerable to infidelity, for example,...

Crash and Burnout: Is Workplace Stress the New Normal?

Stuck in traffic, giving a presentation, hosting the in-laws: Events that cripple confidence and spike stress. Stress isn’t a foreign...

How social media makes breakups that much worse.

A new study shows it's hard to get the distance in the digital age. Imagine flipping through your Facebook News Feed first thing in the...

Why Betrayal Can Cause Trauma and How to Start Healing

If someone close to you has ever broken your trust, you’ve probably felt the sting of betrayal. This pain can leave deep wounds. Any type...

Making it Work: 10 Long Distance Relationship Tips from the Experts

Sometimes certain circumstances will lead you and your partner to be different places around the world, whether you like it or not. Some...

Feeling The Ups And Downs Of New Motherhood? Learn to Practice Self-Care as a New Mom

Becoming a mother is a huge, complicated life transition that can rock every fiber of a person's being. When you’re a new mom, practicing...

WHAT IS THE "RIGHT" AGE TO GET MARRIED?

Getting married when you’re too young could result in divorce, of course. But waiting too long—and it’s not nearly as long as you might...

Intervention: Help a loved one overcome addiction

An intervention can motivate someone to seek help for alcohol or drug misuse, compulsive eating, or other addictive behaviors. Discover...

Making a Good Mix: Seven Tips For Step-parenting and Blended Families

If parenting in nuclear families is difficult (and it is), imagine co-parenting in blended families! Custodial transitions, different...

Your Anxious Teen: Normal? Or Cause for Concern?

It’s normal for teens to experience anxiety. But when the anxiety becomes irrational and gets in the way of life, it’s considered a...

Financial Infidelity: Don’t Let Money Secrets Ruin Your Relationship.

Directly behind infidelity (the ‘traditional kind’), money problems are often listed as the second leading cause of divorce. Finance is a...

Home School: Is it a wrong approach?

Statistics from a recent survey seen by 500 families show that homeschooling is prevalent in households with 2 children with at least one...

Is Your Relationship Heading into Trouble?

What is the status of my marriage? Is it growing stale or coming to an end? Can I still save it? And, most importantly, how did I get to...

Children and Divorce

For children, separation and divorce can be an especially sad, stressful, and confusing time. But there are ways to help your kids cope...

Staying Lovers While Raising Kids

What happens to a couple's relationship after they have a baby? What are these couples doing right? And why do so many relationships seem...

Social Media Influence on Teenagers

It should come as no surprise that the pressure to be available 24/7 on social media is a very real challenge for today's teenagers....

Why Parenting Styles Matter When Raising Children

Developmental psychologists have long been interested in how parents affect child development. However, finding actual cause-and-effect...

Modern Love: Coronavirus is Changing Online Dating - Permanently

Dating is hard enough in the best of times. Throw in government directives like this, plus nationwide social distancing mandates, and a...

How Relationship Counselling can help if you're single

If you’re single, the idea of going to ‘Relationship Counselling’ might seem a bit inappropriate. You’re not alone. Lots of people think...

Why you're wrong—and right—about having an only child

When it comes to only children, stereotypes and preconceived notions abound. Some are rubbish, but others are rooted in truth. An only...