Articles Tagged: A Family Affair

When partners sleep less, they are more likely to act hostile toward each other. And this can turn into a vicious cycle.

Too often there are expectations that happy families can only be built if we follow a developmental script.

Too often in relationships we place high value on sameness. We surround ourselves with people who think like us, believe like us, and vote like us. We seek out those who will reinforce what we already believe, rather than disagree with us.

You’d be hard pressed to listen to any political speech or debate and not hear the word family. Whether it’s “middle-class families,” or “immigrant families,” or “the break-down of families,” politicians frequently invoke the term.

What “Bachelor in Paradise” gets right is that, while choice is important, building a relationship is more important.

I’ve always been a person who has exercised. When I was younger, I ran marathons and completed triathlons. In the …

“We have communication issues” is the No. 1 reason that couples go to therapy. Compassion is key to fixing them.

Relationships produce both pain and frustration and joy and excitement, and to have healthy ones, we need to be able to acknowledge both. If we don’t acknowledge the awful, then we can’t ask our relationships to improve. And if we don’t acknowledge the awesome, we will miss out on some of the best experiences in life.

If you’ve approached your vaccine-hesitant loved ones with the data and they haven’t changed their minds, you need to realize that you are bringing logic to an emotional conversation.

“The Bachelor” wants to create real and lasting relationships for its contestants. Unfortunately, “The Bachelor” franchise, like many of us, try and shortcut our way to vulnerability.

Welcoming diverse relationships into our families and communities allows us to see that our relationships don’t have to follow a singular path.

I’ve only been a parent for a few months — 10 months and 9 days to be exact — but …