The Holiday season is one of the more difficult times for parents who are co-parenting. There are a lot of expectations and visions of the perfect Holiday with each parent and extended families. The reality of splitting this time is often wrought with angst and...
There are times life happens to us. And there are times we make meaning out of life around us. Holidays bring opportunity to revisit the most important and lasting aspects of life and to infuse meaning into it. A way we make it more meaningful is by incorporating...
I was standing in the check-out line the other day and the customer ahead of me was telling the clerk she was already exhausted and the holidays hadn’t even begun! I felt compassion for her experience, but I could also relate. I used to slide past the holidays like...
Several major holidays are approaching, which may include a series of family events filled with complexity, joy, awkwardness and everything in between. You might be feeling immense tension: torn between excitement for greater socialization post-COVID restrictions and...
As we finish the Thanksgiving meal and turn our sights towards Christmas, there is often a mixture of emotions. Christmas can be “the most wonderful time of the year” for many. For others, the quiet thread of stress and sadness weaves its way through the celebrations....
