4 Benefits of Understanding Your Triggers

4 Benefits of Understanding Your Triggers

You’ve probably experienced this before – having an emotional reaction disproportionate to the comment that spurred it, or a conversation that goes off the rails when emotions escalate out of nowhere. Sure, some conflict is unavoidable and necessary, but constantly...
6 Reasons to Have a Weekly Family Meeting

6 Reasons to Have a Weekly Family Meeting

6 Reasons to Have a Weekly Family Meeting Establishing a weekly family meeting can have a lot of great benefits for both individual members and the family as a whole. Here are 6 reasons to start one: Did you have family meetings when you were a kid? Were they a...
What our Parents Teach Us about Marriage…

What our Parents Teach Us about Marriage…

  If you had to write a book full of the lessons your parents taught you, what would be in it? Would there be a long chapter on the importance of kindness or having a good work ethic? Would there be a glossary of “things we don’t talk about” or an appendix of...
How Your Childhood Can Affect Your Marriage

How Your Childhood Can Affect Your Marriage

 By Terry Gaspard MSW, LICSW is a licensed therapist and authorYour past has a bigger impact on your present than you thinkWhen Deborah, 38, and Scott, 39, (*not their real names) sat on the couch in my office during a couples counseling session,...
Ease Each Other’s Worries (And Your Own)

Ease Each Other’s Worries (And Your Own)

  Are you a worrier? How about your spouse?  Truth be told, even the most carefree individuals find themselves worrying about something from time to time. Whether it’s little day-to-day troubles or big overwhelming concerns, worrying can consume us, if we’re...