Yesterday, Christi lost her patience with our daughter, Kennedy, as she tried to brush her hair before school. Christi felt pretty awful about it. Then, after she dropped Kennedy off at school, she talked about it on Facebook Live. Besides, what healthier way is there than to deal with how awful you feel than with strangers on social… View Post
Living H.A.P.P.Y. Beyond the Honeymoon
We spent the month of February talking about marriage. We concluded our Facebook Live focus for the month of February on marriage by talking about our worst argument, ever. It was a dandy of an argument that happened the last night of our honeymoon during our last romantic dinner of the week. Since then, we… View Post
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Have Kids
I had a few shocking revelations when I first became a parent. First, I grossly underestimated the amount of time and energy these living, breathing, screaming, hungry, sleepless, restless, 100-percent-dependent-upon-us human beings require of us. Even as a counselor and coach, I was ill-prepared for the chaos about to invade our home. Secondly, until this… View Post
15 Conversation Starters for Tucking Your Kids into Bed
An emotionally safe parent is a parent who pursues her child’s heart. If we don’t talk to our kids as toddlers, we can’t expect them to talk to us as teenagers. The reality hit me this past weekend how uncomplicated it is to be an emotionally safe parent. While speaking in Michigan, I had a… View Post