Helping a Spouse (or Significant Other/Partner) in Crisis
You can feel very helpless when a spouse (or significant other/partner) is in crisis. And it’s not always clear how to help them. But there is actually something you can do.
You can feel very helpless when a spouse (or significant other/partner) is in crisis. And it’s not always clear how to help them. But there is actually something you can do.
What should this mom do about her family members who chronically don’t send thank you notes (or even acknowledge receipt) for the gifts she gives to the kids?
A new mom doesn’t want to her well-known family drama to bleed into and taint her daughter’s first birthday party. How can she maintain the peace?
Next month, my husband and I are moving our small family about an hour away from where we are now. My husband and I are taking very different packing approaches in how we’re preparing for his this move and we’re driving each other crazy because of it. How can we make this go smoother for our sanity?
A young family’s house has been invaded by homeless in-laws who seem to have no motivation to leave and it’s disrupting her family’s life. The mother turns to Amalah for advice on how to manage this sticky situation with her husband and in-laws.
Sleep deprived parents are divided on whether their young toddler is ready to sleep over at his grandparents’ and it’s led to marital strife.
Help! My future SIL-to-be has poached my favorite boy option baby name. But, I’m not pregnant. Nor even married into the family yet. So, what’s the baby name etiquette for dealing with this sticky situation?
Finding love after divorce can be challenging if you can’t even make it through a first date. Here’s why Kristen wishes she could just skip to the hard stuff.
A family is having a hard time establishing boundaries with a mother-in-law and grandmother who travels cross country to visit and stay over even knowing it’s very inconvenient for the entire family’s schedule.
A FTM needs help learning how to talk to other moms in her Baby and Me Yoga Class. She wants to make friends with these other moms she sees, she just doesn’t know what to say.
Sometimes your family isn’t blood related, but rather, dear friends and people in your life who act exactly as you wish your family would.
A grandmother is being asked by her daughter to forgo “Grandma” for an alternative name to be called by her grandkids. She needs some advice.
Lessons learns from a verbal altercation that can be applied to relationships and life in general.
On traveling alone as a single mother, and how we’re judged according to standards way higher than our male counterparts.
How do you know when you’re in love with someone? Kristen Chase ponders what that means after years of failed relationships and marriages.
Surviving divorce with kids can be a daily challenge, but when the holidays roll around, it’s a whole other ball of emotional wax.
Is sadness a bad thing? Kristen Chase talks about letting feelings out to let them go, with the hopes that they’ll find peace and that she will too.
Sometimes a pixie cut is more than just a style decision. Kristen Chase shares her reasoning for taking the plunge. And no, it wasn’t lice.
A mom would love a recommendation for how to show her extra helpful mother-in-law some very deserving and special appreciation.
A heartbroken new mom needs advice on navigating her co-parenting relationship with her former partner.