Let’s see if you can relate. Sitting there, at brunch, we were talking all things married life as we were preparing for the big day. Ladies – some family, some friends from church, gathered together to get me ready for what’s to come. All of them at least twenty years my senior. Some, […]
Huh? Easter egg hunt? And – What does an Easter egg hunt have to do with grown men? Fear not. I’m here to tell the tale. I think we send our men on wild goose chases (or Easter egg hunts – I couldn’t help it. Sorry, not sorry) ALL. THE. TIME. Are you […]
Someone walked up to me the other day and did it again. Approached me in this particular manner. If I were to get a dollar for every time this happens, I would have quite the collection by now. Who knows what I might be able to buy. Seriously. It happens to me SO […]
We all have expectations. We’d lie if we said we didn’t. Whether at work, at home, in your personal life and development – if you are alive, you have expectations – of people, of things, of how life’s gonna turn out. Expectations Makeover – The Beginning of It All Now, there […]
It’s coming – Even though you can still smell the mashed potatoes and the turkey, the holidays are upon us. Ready or not. The question that nobody is asking is: How do you make sure that your marriage survives the days (or weeks in many cases) of family staying at your place? You know […]
The marriage therapist that I am, I walked into my office for the enth time. This one day, for one reason or another, it just hit me in a different way. And I couldn’t keep it to myself. Contrary to what you may see in so many other places around you. I […]
How do you know that your marriage is in trouble and you need help? There is a lot of writing about how you know your relationship needs the help of marriage coaching or therapy. Or how you know that your marriage is already beyond helping. Because your relationship has been on life-support for […]
If you are looking to find ways to ruin date night because you have been on a really good long-term streak, or you just hate spending time with your spouse so dang much, this is for you. This is also for you if you are an over-achiever (See Bonus point when you scroll […]
What is an initial intake session? As part of the intake process, following the 90 min initial in-person consultation (described in details here), once you and your spouse agree on wanting to work with me, this is our first step. [This is the second part of the 2-part series called what is the difference between […]
An initial in-person consultation vs. the initial intake session — What are they and what’s the difference? This question comes up every so often so I only feel like it would doing everyone a favor if I answered it here. [This is the first part of a two-part series. If you would like to […]
