Relationship Tips
Weird Things All Couples Fight About
What do you argue about? Watch this funny video and see if there isn’t at least one conversation you recognise from your own relationship!
Read MoreThe First Divorce Selfie
Author Tamara Rajakariar This article first appeared in the FamilyEdge section of MercatorNet, a news site dedicated to reframing modern complexities in a framework of human dignity: here This divorce selfie might not actually be the first, but at any rate it has happened. And that’s certainly enough to sadden the heart. Here’s what gets me about this photo:…
Read MoreEarly Action Can Make the Difference
Imagine if the only time we serviced our cars was when they broke-down. We could live like this but we don’t for obvious reasons. So why do we treat our marriages this way? In marriage, couples counselling is like road side assistance for cars… critically important when needed but not always able to solve the…
Read MoreVideo: Interpretation of the Traditional Parents Dance at a Wedding
This is a different interpretation of the traditional parents dance at a wedding. Enjoy!
Read MoreThe Rules of Engagement
Author Tamara Rajakariar This article first appeared in the FamilyEdge section of MercatorNet, a news site dedicated to reframing modern complexities in a framework of human dignity: here Yes, I know, I’ve only been engaged for two weeks. Two weeks and four days, actually, and yes, I am counting. But amidst all the happiness…
Read MoreThe Disciplined Pursuit of Less
In a Stanford Business School talk, author Greg McKeown reflects on what holds capable, driven people from breaking through to the next level. He says that the answer to that question, surprisingly, is success. According to Greg, when executive teams focus on a few things, it leads to success. But success breeds more opportunities and…
Read MoreA Marriage to Remember
My mother, Pam White, has had a full life. In her 67 years she has raised three children, enjoyed a rewarding career as a social worker and been a devoted partner to my father, Ed. But as she puts it, “There’s just one little glitch”. In 2009, at age of 61, she was told that she had…
Read MoreMy Partner Hates My Job!
Gregory K. Popcak, Ph.D., MSW. Finding a balance between work and relationships is a challenge for everyone, but what if you and your partner disagree on what the balance is? It is not uncommon for one partner to feel like everything is “just fine” while the other partner feels more and more that he or…
Read MoreWhat Temperament Are You?
What Temperament Are You? I remember when I was engaged to my now wife Jane, one of the biggest discoveries I had to process was learning that she was an introvert. We were at a social function with people we both knew well and it came up that she would be happy to leave at…
Read MoreSleeping with a different woman every night
Married life is many things but it is never boring! When we are talking about marriage to high school students invariably some guy at the back of the room asks me as the husband “but doesn’t it get boring sleeping with the same women every night?”. In today’s confused understanding of sexuality it’s perhaps not…
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