Continuing Couples in Crisis theme… As has been previously mentioned, couples in crisis often find themselves arguing about parenting. Parenting can be simultaneously both rewarding and challenging. It is not uncommon to hear parents express that parenting is the best and most difficult thing they’ve ever done. Differences in parenting styles […]
Couples in Crisis – Humour
Continuing Couples in Crisis theme… Couples have been the focus of our attention over the past weeks, particularly couples in crisis. We’ve identified three big reasons that contribute frequently to couples finding themselves in crisis: sex, finances, and parenting. One of the early indicators that couples are in crisis can be that playfulness, humour, […]
Couples in Crisis: Mismatched Sexual Desire
Tree big factors in Marriage or Relationship Crises Last week I commented on how the area of mismatched sexual desire is one of the big three factors common in marriage or relationship crises (the other two were finances and parenting). This week I’m introducing Michele Weiner-Davis, director of The Divorce Busting Center and author […]
Couples in Crisis: Sex, Finances and Parenting
When couples are in crisis it is often centred around a combination of three issues: sex, finances, and parenting. The area that has arguably not enjoyed as much quality research as the others is sex. The differences in sexual desire, or mismatched sexual desire, frequently cause tension and friction in relationships. […]
Let’s Build our Teenage Girls, not Trash Them
What messages do we send to our teenagers in their challenging years? And why do we send such negative messages to teenage girls, and positive messages to teenage boys? Katherine Young, a 31-year-old graphic designer, was shocked when she first saw two magazine covers next to each other. “The worst […]
Time to reach out and connect with your community
It’s weekend so it’s time to reach out and connect with your community. Last week a newly elected member of our federal parliament, Julian Leeser, gave his maiden speech, and he brought all members to their feet with a standing ovation as he finished. For the past 20 years he […]
Do you have this in common with Bear Grylls?
I recently read an article on Bear Grylls – that intrepid adventurer we see from time to time on TV doing crazy stuff in the wilderness, and this really resonated with me. The article relates how he met his future wife: “Grylls was attempting a “training hike” for Everest, and with […]
Depression and the Nagging Self-Doubt in Your Head
When it comes to your thought life, depression has a way of setting the automatic default to ‘negative’. You can pick whether this is the case by asking yourself when you last complimented yourself? Or when last did you put yourself down for who you are or something you did? […]
Benefits of Taking Time Before Responding
Feelings can be powerful and sometimes cause us to react or behave in ways that we don’t think we have any control over. However, we always have a choice about how we respond to situations, and no one can take that choice away from us. The secret is to give […]
What Causes Anxiety and Depression
What causes anxiety and depression? A common cause is having the notion that who we think we should be isn’t the same as who we really are. This can cause a great deal of conflict and anxiety. Based on our expectations of ourselves as well as what we perceive others expect […]