by Nancy | Jun 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
The foundation of a child’s security is based on the loving connection between Mom and Dad. Even when the marriage is imperfect, or conflicted, children instinctively want the source of their security to remain intact. Research has shown that the only time kids...
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 | Jan 13, 2019 | Commitment, Communication Skills, Conflict, Encouragement, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Recently a respected friend suggested I read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, Ph.D. I ordered it. It came. When I thumbed through it and discovered many pages of small print, I set it aside. “Not now. Maybe later.” Yesterday I opened it to...
by Nancy | Jan 2, 2018 | Commitment, Conflict, Habit Change
I have a friend who is a passionate advocate for animal adoption. She calls a good adoption as “finding the animal’s Furrever Home!” Falling in love feels like finding a “forever home.” You found the missing piece of yourself…you feel whole for the first time in...
by Nancy | Jul 23, 2017 | Conflict, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Unhappy with your marriage? Have the same fight over and over again? Has romance become more of a dry business arrangement? It’s not your fault! For centuries whether or not a marriage was “good” for both partners (meaning loving) was largely a matter of luck. If...
