Even If Your Marriage Is Happy now, many marriages are in crisis. Marriages can exacerbate mental health issues and marriage can allow you to find happiness and fulfillment. The case for proactive couples’ therapy, or counselling, is crucial. We grow up believing that marriage is happy yet filled with a degree of discord. None of us is really prepared, even those couples attending pre-marriage counselling, although it is an excellent [...]
As a Family Futurist, I have been speculating about our ageing population and what the next 10 – 15 years holds for them and their family as our current baby-boomers start to age. We know the issues before us with problems in our aged care facilities. Often lack of stimulating activities, basic foods and isolation. When our baby boomers start to enter these facilities, this will need to change significantly. [...]
Communicating with your teen can be fraught with danger until you learn to speak teen language. It is the type of language all parents need to understand to allow good, open and informative discussion with their teenage child. Learning to speak teen is similar to learning to speak English, Spanish or Chinese, it needs to be learned. How do you speak teen? The main thing to remember is a ten [...]
We have a continued issue of abusive relationships. Most of the time it is the woman who is the victim of an abusive affronting man. I do use the term 'man' very loosely as a man would never be abusive, a male however may. We hear the question, why would she stay or keep going back to him? There are many reasons we find this and most of the time we [...]
There is a difference between mental illness and emotional sensory overload. Most suffer an emotional health issue, or sensory overload, at some time in their life, many of us have. The difference is that a mental illness is a physiological issue that affects us, usually, for life where an emotional issue is a temporary sensory overload. Things like manic depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar and brain trauma or brain injury are more [...]
The answer to why your Teen is so Complex is rather simple; it's physiological really. There are three distinct stages in teenage development and understanding these stages can help every parent cope, manage and guide their developing child. Adolescence is a time of rapid physical, emotional and psychological changes. Teenage years are when kids want to distinguish themselves from their parents and a time parents want to help guide their child toward [...]
Excel in Your Job Interview Part 1 You successfully applied for the job, they obviously like what they read in your well-prepared resume. The day arrives, now it's time to excel, and land this job. You have decided, I want a new job. After searching and applying, an interview for a great job, with your name on it, has been offered. You have prepared extensively, follow all the 'dress for success' [...]
Excel in your Job Interview Part 2 You have succeeded in securing the interview, you are prepared and ready. It is time to practice some of those interesting questions they are likely to fire at you to determine how you respond, how your mind thinks and processes and how you respond under pressure. Responding to the challenging questions You may get that odd interesting or challenging question you never practiced. [...]
Learning how to communicate respectfully with your partner is something most of us are not taught. While we expect it to become natural, I wonder why there are so many couples struggling with this exact issue. We learn to communicate usually from our parents. If we had parents who spoke respectfully, demonstrated compassion, love and kindness, and resolved any issue with a calm level of mediation before reaching an agreement, [...]
Would you allow your child on sleepovers? It remains a very individual choice if your child is ready or should attend a sleepover or not. This, of course, is dependant on the child's age, child wishes, where they are staying, how well you know the people, who is going to be present, how far away they are located. and how much free contact you will have during the evening. Have a [...]
My gorgeous husband and I were recently interviewed about how writing Love Notes to each other allows us to continue a rich, happy and fulfilled relationship. The story is about taking a moment to write a note, an expression of love, of appreciation and recognition for the person you love. I hope you enjoy reading and I encourage you all to participate in this little act of kindness for the [...]
This is the 1st part of the information I will post regarding communication counselling. Communication seems to be the main reason couples attend counselling. The main issue I hear is 'we can't communicate'. Couples often want to rekindle their love, that spark they initially felt after meeting, when life was wonderful, joyous and exciting. As time proceeds and life takes over, demands creep in, and we think we know this [...]
