Aging Gracefully=Let’s Get Moving by Carrie Ermshar
How do we age gracefully? Let’s face it, we are all growing older. With each birthday, we are given another year to celebrate. Yet, as the candles increase on the …
Positive on Purpose by Andy Thompson, LMFT, MS
A life dominated by negativity can be stressful, and stress causes wear and tear on our bodies, minds, and relationships. Have you ever noticed the tendency in yourself or in …
Birds and Bees (Sexting) and Smartphones by Dr. Jeff Temple
Adolescence is often described as a period of storm and stress – where children begin separating from parents, establishing their own identities, and discovering their sexuality. This development into junior …
Spring Cleaning Your Marriage by Chad Olson, LMFT
How do you “Spring Clean” when it comes to your marriage? When I was growing up, I knew that every spring at the Olson household we would have a major …
Marriage After Retirement by Dr. Rick Miller
How do you enjoy Marriage after Retirement? With mixed emotions, you finish packing up your things from your office and carry the box with you to your boss’s office, where …
Avoiding Abusive Relationships (and Building Good Ones) by Jonathan Decker, LMFT
In my work as a therapist and relationship educator the most frequently-recurring issue I see among single adults is the belief that all of the good men/women are already taken. …
Stress: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Dr. Mike Olson, LMFT
The Good. We often think of stress as a bad thing, something that we must eradicate from our lives. Yet, without it, we would not be able to survive a …
Fight Fair by Kenneth Jeppesen, MS, LMFTA
Surveys have shown that for the most part, couples divorce because they don’t feel loved. One of the biggest things that makes us feel like our spouse doesn’t love us …
Resolutions That Lead to Happiness by Dr. Matt Brown
As we welcome in the New Year, we often reflect on ways in which we would like to improve. Many of us formalize these reflections with New Year’s resolutions or …
Families and Cellphones by Camille Olson
Families and Cellphones: Technology has brought some amazing things into our family lives. We are connected in ways that we never imagined when we were kids. Paradoxically, we are often …