• Marriage And Mental Health: So Long As We Both Shall Live, Love and Laugh

      Welcome back to our final wrap up of this discussion about marriage and mental health. Having talked about the impact that mental health has on divorce, and the impact that divorce has on mental health, we’re going to look at ways to maintain good mental health.   Many happily married couples will tell you…

  • Marriage And Mental Health: Marital Failures & Mental Breakdowns

      Welcome back and thanks for joining us against for this discussion about the impact of mental health on a marriage, and vice versa. In the previous two articles we talked about how depression can often lead to divorce, and the fact that many divorces happen as a result of mental health issues that were…

  • Marriage And Mental Health: In Sickness And In Mental Health

      Welcome back to our discussion on mental health and how it affects marriage. In the previous article we talked about depression and how it often leads to divorce. Moving on, we will be looking at what spouses face when their partner is struggling with mental illness, and what factors to consider when debating a…

  • Marriage And Mental Health: Until Depression Do Us Part

      There is no clinical data that directly links depression to divorce. There are, however, countless mental health professionals who will tell you that depression, left untreated, can have a disastrous effect on a marriage, which often leads to divorce.   The consequences of untreated depression can be far reaching. While depression itself isn’t usually…

  • Reaffirming Your Wedding Vows – The Do’s And Don’ts

      For a number of couples, whose marriages teetered on the brink of divorce and were salvaged by hard work and commitment, they want to celebrate their newly rekindled love with a vow renewal ceremony. But how to go about it? Good question. Here are a few pointers to consider.   First, the entire point…

  • Celebrating Father’s Day With Your Ex: Pointers For Next Year!

    Holidays like Mother’s and Father’s Day usually brings on a rash of calls from new clients, upset about their custody arrangements and how that affected their holidays with their children. It makes perfect sense, when you think about it. Nothing would seem worse in the moment, than for a father to not spend Father’s Day…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 3)

      Thanks for joining us again for the wrap up of this three part series on the lies we believe about marriage. In the previous installment we looked at number 3 and 4 on our list of marital myths. Moving on, we’re going to wrap this up with the last two items on the agenda.…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 2)

      Welcome back. In the first section of this three part series we looked at two common marital myths that undermine relationships. Moving on, here is a breakdown of another two lies about marriage to consider…   Love Is A Feeling   In the English language, the word “love” covers a lot of ground, and…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 1)

      We accept notions like “everything will be OK” and “you can have anything you want if you’re willing to fight for it” as being life mantras that convey truths. However, more often than not, they’re completely false. In the same way, we believe a host of myths about marriage. The sad truth is that…

  • Friends on Facebook: Why Your Ex Should Be On That List.

    Developing a friendship with an ex can be a rather difficult feat. You no longer have the ability to pick and choose what you reveal about yourself during the development of the friendship, and you have all sorts of emotional baggage and history that needs to be overcome in order for trust to be rebuilt.…