by Sharon Wagner | Dec 13, 2025
A midlife crisis doesn’t always show up loud. Sometimes it’s just a steady dullness, a frayed connection to joy, or the sense that the life you’ve built no longer quite fits. If this sounds familiar, that feeling isn’t failure, it’s friction. Something inside is...
by Sharon Wagner | Sep 21, 2025
In a world where rushing feels routine, self-care often gets squeezed into the leftover minutes of a day. But what if families treated self-care not as a luxury, but as a lifestyle — one shaped together, practiced in rhythm, and passed down in motion? Family self-care...
by Sharon Wagner | Feb 25, 2025
Building Stronger Family Connections by Tackling Parental Anxiety Together Understanding the profound impact of parental anxiety on family dynamics is essential for fostering a nurturing home environment. Parents often underestimate how their stress levels can ripple...
by Marilyn halls | Apr 15, 2024
Many couples tell me that money discussions often get heated and escalate very quickly In such situations, behaviors that Dr. John Gottman dubs “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (“Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt and Stonewalling”) come into play and suggest a...
by Marilyn halls | Mar 15, 2024
Improving Your Communication Using a Positivity Approach Dr. John Gottman studied communication and interaction patterns of couples in the “love lab” he established at the University of Washington in Seattle. Here couples came to a bed and breakfast type setting where...
by Marilyn halls | Mar 14, 2024
Improving Your Communication Using a Positivity Approach Many couples struggle with communication issues. In my practice I hear comments such as “When we try to address a serious topic such as in laws, disciplining our children or getting them to finish their...
