Written by Beverly Willett We have a tradition at the Episcopalian parish I attend. Every Sunday after mass, parishioners and visitors gather in the parish hall to greet one another and snack on refreshments provided by the Hospitality Guild. A few minutes into the get-together Father Cullen, our priest, rings a bell on the wall […]
Minimizing Your Life, Maximizing Your Marriage
May 7, 2012 4 Comments
When it comes down to it, we need just as much relationship counseling for our relationship with our work lives as we do with our spouses. And the latter may be the truly dysfunctional one. Written By Naomi Grunditz America has the highest divorce rate in the world. We also have one of the most […]
Are Affairs Okay?
April 26, 2012 13 Comments
Written by Michele Weiner-Davis Are affairs okay? Yes, at least according to one of the media darlings in the therapy profession, Esther Perel, psychotherapist and author of Mating in Captivity. To Perel, infidelity can spice up a relationship. She is convinced that Americans are too parochial about their views of infidelity and she wants us to […]
Helping Couples in the Divorce Decision-Making “Wilderness”
April 16, 2012 6 Comments
Written by Dr. Alan J. Hawkins Several years ago, I accepted a student into our doctoral family studies program. Tamara Fackrell was a practicing divorce attorney and mediator. She was skilled in her practice at helping her clients deal more effectively with ending their marriages and move on with life. She did this responsibly, not […]
America’s Invisible Children
April 3, 2012 1 Comment
Written by David Schel A few weeks ago, a wave swept the nation as over 80 million people watched The Invisible Children video on YouTube. It tells the story of Joseph Kony, an African rebel leader who mutilated and enslaved thousands of children during the past 25 years. I’ll leave the criticism of this effort […]
The Elephant In The Room
March 22, 2012 1 Comment
Written by Jason Williams When your boat is sinking, bailing water is not a long-term solution. At some point you have to address the hole. Because of family instability, however, America’s children are going under, and fast. And it’s not for lack of a big enough bucket. Causes who do what they do “for the […]
Why Are We Afraid To Talk About The Most Important Things?
March 13, 2012 2 Comments
Written by Richard A. Panzer, Ph.D. In a recent CNN Beliefs Blog, Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain described her experiences listening to people who were dying. She writes that “they talk about the love they felt, and the love they gave. Often they talk about love they did not receive, or the love they did […]
The Myth of Hopelessness: My Marriage Can’t Be Saved
February 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
Written by Lori Lowe After years of researching marriages, writing a marriage blog and a marriage book, people have asked me the biggest contributor to divorce. I agree with many experts that loss of hope is likely the biggest challenge couples on the brink face. There is a widely held myth that, “My marriage […]
From Cradle to Grave: Government Dependency Hurts Families
January 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
Written by Linda Chavez There is much to warrant optimism about the future of the United States, given the nation’s history of resilience in the face of adversity. But one social trend, the supplanting of the American family by government as the major source of economic security from cradle to grave, may prove more […]
Defending Divorce: Really?
January 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Written by Michele Weiner-Davis As a liberal, card-carrying Democrat, it might surprise some that I am appalled by Pamela White’s article “Defending Divorce”, in the Boulder, Colorado, newspaper, The Boulder Weekly. When nearly one out of every two marriages ends in divorce, divorce hardly needs a defense. But that’s not the reason for my […]
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