Sex After Children

Sex After Children

“Our baby just had her first birthday, and my husband and I are getting along OK, but the problem is he’s really frustrated that we almost never make love because I usually feel too tired and ‘touched-out’ when we finally get to bed.” This is a BIG topic, so please...
Restoring Love

Restoring Love

“When John and I got married, we were so happy. Ten years later, we have kids, jobs, and tension. Our love is a faraway feeling. We argue and it doesn’t settle much. Sometimes things feel good, but mainly we are polite and sort of distant. We just function and get...
The Comforts of Support

The Comforts of Support

In this series of columns, I am discussing how to nurture the framework of a family, our child’s second womb. That framework has four essential parts: the individual Self of each parent, the Team of the two parents working in a functional partnership, the Couple of...
Building Good Will

Building Good Will

I admit it: things annoy me. Like drivers who don’t signal, or husbands who always get home later than they say they will. I wonder, what in the world were they were thinking?! Sometimes the world seems like it’s run by very stupid people. I don’t...
Giving Emotional Support

Giving Emotional Support

My husband and I are polite and all, but our relationship feels sort of like doing business together rather than being mates. Honestly, I wish he was more supportive somehow, and I’m sure he secretly wishes the same from me. Under the press of everything you...