Category Archives for "Families"
Takin’ a Chance on Love the Second Time Around
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 Love, marriage, and the baby carriage are certainly wonderful, though difficult enough the first time around. But on the second go-around, dating and mating is often further complicated by previous loss, upset children, and an overwhelming ambivalence about hopping aboard all over again.
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KSL Television ~ Studio 5 ~ View Video Segment When loved one’s engage in self-destructive behavior, our loving temptation is to point out just where they are going astray. After all, isn’t nudging/nagging/reminding/rebuking the best way to get someone to change? Obviously not or change would happen more readily because most of us have tried […]
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Embracing Change: Adolescence to Adulthood
KSL Television ~ Studio 5 Through the ages are family stages. But as a parent, how do you ever stop seeing your child as just that: a child? The transition from adolescent to adulthood is full of uneasiness, on BOTH sides of the equation.
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The Importance of Being a Whole Individual
KSL Television ~ Studio 5Ã? February 15th marked a national holiday: S.A.D. No, not Seasonal Affective Disorder, but Single’s Awareness Day. However, those two different events may have felt like one-in-the-same for those feeling blue and alone last week. But, whether you are single by death, divorce, choice, or still wondering why, living alone doesn’t […]
Continue readingApplying the W.A.M. Principle to Your Marriage
KSL Television ~ Studio 5Ã? In spite of new technologies that are meant to connect us, information overload and round-the-clock accessibility to anyone and everyone have disconnected us from our most meaningful relationships. Unprecedented levels of stress are taking their toll on romantic relationships. We’re often just too busy or too tired to sustain “The […]
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