By Karen McMahon What is your story around love? Many celebrate and/or struggle with love…especially as Valentine’s Day nears. As a single, divorced mother of two teens, I experience more love in my life now than I ever have. I am not involved in a romantic relationship and yet I am showered with love, […]
By: Karen McMahon Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game. In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles. I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of opening […]
By Karen McMahon We need boundaries to experience healthy loving relationships. Yet so many of us did not grow up in families that exhibited healthy boundaries. In fact, we may have experienced quite the opposite and not even understand what a boundary is. If your relationship is facing crisis, while the complexities are unique, you […]
By Lisa Brick You are the only person in your life who is always there. The relationship that most impacts how happy you are and what you are able to accomplish is your relationship with yourself. Everyone else (parents, children, significant others, extended family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances) comes and goes. The extent that […]
By Lisa Brick Over the years it has become clear that there are powerful connections between marriage and divorce, hope, expectation, and intention. I come clean upfront. I am not a fan of hope or expectations. Many of our divorcing clients share a similar story; they hoped they could have reconciled with their spouse, their […]
By Lisa Brick Shortly we will be celebrating Christmas We will be with family we haven’t seen for a while as well as family we see every day. Some of us will be without family we used to have who have passed on, moved away and aren’t able to make it back, or dropped out […]
By Karen McMahon When circumstances happen in our lives that are contrary to our dreams, our natural reaction is to resist. I have recently written about acceptance of the people in our lives for who they are and the circumstances for what they are. That is much easier said than done. Following is a […]
By Karen McMahon When our marriage falls apart we understandably find ourselves filled with fear and anger. Learning how to grieve and to grieve well is one of the many challenges we face. According to Tad Blackburn, a Family and Marriage pastor, we have three primary emotions, fear, anger and love. When we lose something […]
By Karen McMahon Our lives are an ongoing chain of relationships with those who have known us for a lifetime to our friends, co-workers, companions, neighbors, bosses and employees. Some are warm and wonderful while others can cause a constant rub. The key to mastering all our relationships is to see them as a mirror […]
Guest post from Annie O’Neill Will I ever love again? The short answer to this question is probably yes. However you have to adjust to your situation and work your way through the emotions of splitting up before you will be able to move on. The end of a relationship is always tough whether […]
