Attachment Style Quiz

Attachment Style Quiz

Attachment Style Quiz:What Is My Attachment Style? In honor of Valentine’s Day, take this quiz to discover your romantic attachment style—and where you might fit in the animal kingdom. Are you a Platypus, Polar Bear, Border Collie, or Shell-Bound Barnacle? Note: This...
12 Ways to Help a Loved One Who Is Depressed

12 Ways to Help a Loved One Who Is Depressed

When someone close to you discloses a struggle with depression, it can be tricky to respond in a way that demonstrates love and support. The topic of depression can feel awkward and intimidating—especially if you’ve never had personal experience with it. What’s more,...
Finding the “We-ness” in Your Strained Relationship

Finding the “We-ness” in Your Strained Relationship

Do you have a strained relationship with a friend, family member, or spouse? Choose an issue, and I’m sure you’ll be able to identify someone close to you (or who used to be) who vehemently holds the opposite opinion. This difference in opinion may have even strained...
Parenting and Triggers: When Your Child Is Your Trigger

Parenting and Triggers: When Your Child Is Your Trigger

When your child is your trigger, how does it look? Why does it happen? And what can you do about it? What It Looks Like When Your Child Is Your Trigger As a parent, it’s easy to feel triggered by your child’s actions. Once you’re triggered, you may react in...
‘Til Death Do Us Part

‘Til Death Do Us Part

“For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, until death do us part.” These are the vows we may have made at a time when the future with the other appeared to be a fairy tale story:  “. . . and they lived happily ever...