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Is you is or is you ain’t my baby?
When Louis Jordan asked this grammar-busting question in his popular song from 1944, he knew something that relationship scientists would not discover for another 65 years: relationships are either pretty good, or they are not.
Offering Support to the Bereaved: What to Say and Do
Have you ever been in the following situation? You learn that a family member or close friend has lost a loved one.
Parenting a Struggling Teen: Learning How to Cope with Shame and...
Parents of struggling teens know the unparalleled pain associated with unwelcome news that their child is in some kind of trouble.
Like Oil and Water
A few weeks ago my blog post explored a snippet of my dissertation research.
What can you do to lower your kids’ future therapy bills?
“You’re right, I’m the worst mom ever, this will give you another thing to tell your future therapist,” you say to your daughter. While kidding – at least halfway – the modern parent is beginning to see therapy in their child’s future as inevitable, a necessary part of being a mentally healthy adult.
Offering Support to the Bereaved: What Not to Say
Suppose there is someone in your social network who has lost a loved one.
Parenting a Struggling Teen: Accepting Painful Truths
Most people enter parenthood with dreams about having deeply satisfying, rewarding relationships with their children as they grow and develop successfully.
Happiness Exercise: Writing
The Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Museum of Science in Boston was full of intriguing items, from a blue metal sculpture symbolizing bird flight to the bridge build with no nails to images of Leonardo’s many journals.
Can Money Really Buy Happiness?
It turns out that whoever said money can’t buy you happiness was wrong.