Year: 2011
. . .or maybe I should get right to my point: everyone should read James Hollis’ book, Under Saturn’s Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men. Not only is it clear and straightforward on the topic of men’s issues, but, it resonates. Make sure you’re your have a highlighter nearby when you read it; it’s the […]
READ ARTICLEI read this interesting article today about how Hollywood’s preoccupation with reconciliation stories may be impacting kids’ expectations about separation/divorce. My favorite line might be this one: “…Hollywood has always been interested in extreme and unlikely tales. Happy marriages are almost as uncommon in movies as rational divorces.” I was particularly surprised by the point […]
READ ARTICLEAs summer chugs into August, many parents may be counting the days until September! But wait, these last few weeks with the kids home remains an invaluable opportunity to get smarter about what is going on in the emotional dynamics between you and your children. A few blogs back I recommended Roberta Gilbert as a […]
READ ARTICLEI appreciate my colleague Nathan Gehlert’s recent remarks in the article the posted on video game addiction. In my practice, as well, clients bring their worries about excessive playing of video games. Indeed, the phenomena is enough in the foreground of our culture that the APA actually considered adding game addiction to the soon to be […]
READ ARTICLEIs World of Warcraft really more addictive than cocaine!? According to some experts, video game addiction responsible for destroying many marriages and relationships. Instead of spending time with their girlfriend or wives and family, some men are sitting in front of the computer screen or T.V for over eight hours a day escaping reality. World […]
READ ARTICLEThe End is Near… …with all the dread and fear that goes with it. You hear yourself or your spouse spouting: I’m out of here. I don’t like you anymore. I want a divorce. Perhaps you haven’t said a thing, but you’re plotting your exit. There are all sorts of factors that go into discerning […]
READ ARTICLEOkay, obviously I like word play (I’ll get to my title in a minute). But I like play play, too, and that’s what’s on my mind today. Now that I’m old enough to be observing my kids raising their own children, I’m acutely aware of how important it is for parents to get away and […]
READ ARTICLEI first became a parent in 1969, and it’s hard to believe that my oldest child now has two of his own. Being involved in my grandchildren’s lives (six total!) cements for me the truth that we are never done learning about life and love. One of the resources I used back in the day […]
READ ARTICLEThe veteran English teacher in me loves this title borrowed from New Yorker cartoonist, Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin’s collection of the same name. Read one way, it sounds like marriage is being described as a cartoon (ha-ha funny). Read another way, the word cartoon becomes an imperative command for us to lighten up, cartoon our […]
READ ARTICLEOne of my author’s to love is John O’Donahue. He’s a treasure of a poet whose untimely passing in 2008 jarred a lot of us; yet, not surprisingly, his work continues to inspire. One of O’Donahue’s books, entitled, To Bless the Space Between Us, offers ways to bless what he calls “seven rhythms of the human […]
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