Dr. Liz Hale
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Dr. Liz Hale
How do we get over sexual shame?
Salt Lake Tribune Marital intimacy is not an easy topic to talk or write about but one that is essential to marriage. Busy married couples with demanding children must make their marital bond a priority. Yeah, right! Easy for me to say as an unmarried, childless professional. Perhaps the best that couples can do is […]
Continue readingStepmothers express the difficulties they face
Salt Lake Tribune Qualified, bona fide stepmothers stepped up to answer last week’s question: Can stepmothers ever step over the hurdles of their titles? I may be the psychologist, but here are the experts. Lynn Nicholas joined the establishment of her husband and his three teenagers when she was a spry and experienced 60-year-old. But, […]
Continue readingTips for becoming a stepmother
Salt Lake Tribune Can stepmothers ever step over the hurdles of their title? Just add children and stir. I recently spoke to a divorced mother of three who had just married a widowed father of two. A week after the honeymoon, she set the record straight with her two young stepdaughters: “I know I’m not […]
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It’s time to toss unrealistic body expectations
Salt Lake Tribune Have you ever been judged unfairly because of your weight? It was probably blind date No. 52, but there was something different about this one. I kind of liked him! He was educated, fun-loving, and living his career dream. So I was rather disappointed when his phone calls were sporadic and interest […]
Continue readingThe hard work of making a marriage stronger
Salt Lake Tribune Whether we agree or not, I extend my gratitude and respect to the articulate readers responding to last week’s column in which I posed the question: Is there such a thing as a good divorce?”
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