I gasped. Surely, the email I’d just received was a hoax. My then-fiancé, now-husband, Ted hadn’t really intervened in a work-related issue for me, had he? Gulp! — He had. The day before, I’d shown Ted the cover art for a video project I was producing for my boss. As a professional designer himself, he…
Q: How come when a wife cries during a stressful time it typically unsettles the husband—who suddenly will climb inside himself because HE is uncomfortable— instead of genuinely caring for what his wife is feeling? It just compounds the issue and makes it harder on both of us. A: This is rather a common phenomenon that, especially…
Chores. School. Homework. Extra-curricular activities. Friends. Church. Whew! And what about noncustodial kids who come every other weekend, on holidays, or only in the summer? A newly remarried couple with a child or two can find their daily life very complicated, and it can wear you out in a hurry. What do you do? Below…
The holidays can be an agonizing ordeal for the young couple that has never navigated them together. What is meant to be a season of fun family celebrations often derails into a series of frustrating fiascos. Imagine these tension-building scenarios: You look forward to your first Thanksgiving together at home. You can’t wait to share…
In 2006 there was a study that showed the link between the Amazon rainforest and the Sahara desert. Evidently, the Amazon rainforest is not self-sustainable. It’s one of the richest ecosystems in the world, yet doesn’t natively contain enough minerals and nutrients it needs to thrive. These nutrients come from one of the most unlikely…
