It used to be go to work, work your tail off, go home. Work was work and home was home. Remember that? It feels like a lifetime ago. Tech, the pandemic and everything in between have reshuffled the deck leaving us with a 24/7 mashup of competing demands, especially if home includes raising kids.

Working as a marriage and family therapist, one of the great joys of my work is helping couples and families feel more connected, and for the individual family members to heal hurt parts of them that lead to feeling more alive and responsive in relationships.

Could the holiday season get more stressed? With holiday decorations now showing up before Halloween, the social media-induced pressure to produce Insta-worthy activities, the shopping, the parties (just you wait: they’re coming.)

With parenting the days are so slow and the years go by so fast.

Before I know it he will not want me to play with him. And then I will put down the email and wish I had this moment back.

The holidays are upon us! Joy to the World? Sure. Joy to me or you? Not always.

A healthy relationship is based on a couple’s ability to be emotionally responsive.

This tween period of development is when they are most vulnerable and we as parents can be impactful.