by Nancy | Feb 13, 2024 | Commitment, Conflict, Encouragement, Problem Solving
What is Emotional Labor? Emotional Labor is a new buzz word that means energy spent for the good of another. Is Emotional Labor the same as Codependency? Traditionally, women are more “trained” to expend energy on behalf of others. That’s why there...
by Nancy | Jan 9, 2024 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Encouragement, Habit Change, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
Conscious parenting is parenting with the end result you have in mind for your child. I believe every parent wants a well-adjusted, responsible, compassionate child who, as an adult, has reasonable good sense and empathy. Start With That Goal in Mind From the...
by Nancy | Dec 19, 2023 | Commitment, Uncategorized
Approaching the first Christmas after Jim died in 2005, I wrote an essay imagining what it must have been like for the wise men. They packed up to follow an unknown star to an undisclosed destination hoping to find…the Son of God? Really? I wonder what their...
by Nancy | Oct 10, 2023 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Conflict, Encouragement, Habit Change, Listening, Problem Solving, Respectful Behaviors, Soul Mates, Uncategorized
Are you ready for an Elite Marriage Transformation Year? What would marriage transformation look like? Could you talk about anything without fighting? Or, just talk without the long, brutal silences? Do you want your marriage to be as you dreamed it would be when you...
by Nancy | Sep 26, 2023 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Habit Change, Problem Solving, Stepfamilies, stepfamily strategies, Uncategorized
Hurricanes, earthquakes and floods have wiped out thousands of homes. The construction industry now has rating systems for building materials and construction methods that enable a building to survive X amount of structural stress before breaking....
by Nancy | Sep 10, 2020 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Conflict, Habit Change, Problem Solving, Respectful Behaviors, Soul Mates
Note from Nancy: I am so excited to introduce to you Krystel Doudera, my new associate coach! Krystel and her husband Earle did a massive amount of work on their own marriage with amazing results. Now she is dedicated to bring those same transformative results to...
