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You're at a party, and someone takes a verbal swipe at you. One of those insults disguised as a compliment. A euphemism, meant to hurt. And yes, it hits its target. You shrivel, feeling thrown off-balance and insecure. What do you do? You wish you had a great comeback. That zinger that you think of

There’s an old saying: a woman marries a man thinking that she will change him – and she doesn’t; a man marries a woman thinking she’ll never change – and she does. Life is about change, and all relationships are in motion. There are many trees in our forest. There is the happy tree and the

Few things can be as daunting to a new partner as becoming a stepparent with all the changes that marriage brings -- the merging of two lifestyles, different expectations based on families of origin, and different parenting models, just to name a few. Now add to this the angst, insecurity, and fear of the battle-worn and

Parents of gifted children may feel obliged, on occasion, to push their child more academically. They may feel that they have an extra responsibility to oversee the gifted child’s educational progress. In my last blog post I wrote about the common characteristics of gifted children, including the research that gifted children may have their share

Romance and sexual passion are connected in a very real way to the deepest patterns of our childhood, those relationship patterns that we experience with our mother and father from the earliest stages of development. Parental bonds The way your parents cared for and bonded to you, the way they related to you emotionally --