The Blog

This blog is inspired, partly by personal experience with being a mother and partner – and partly by many years of experience with counselling couples, families, teenagers and individuals. The topics are existential issues which most of us can relate to regardless of faith or cultural background and hopefully they will serve as inspiration on your journey.

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How Excessive Screen Time Undermines Social Responsibility in Children

As a family therapist, I often hear from concerned parents about the negative impact of social media on their children's development....

When the Kids Are Fighting

Here we go again… with the screaming and yelling, crying and swearing. It’s so frustrating when nothing you say and do seems to ease of...

Overprotective Parents

Children do not tiptoe through life, they romp, they run, they jump, and they explore. Given this scenario, parents should accept that...

Successful Step-Parenting

When two people chose to remarry with children, they must commit to the complexity of marrying both as parents and as a couple. In other...

The Complexity of Motherhood

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is...

Happy Meals Are Healthy

After-school activities, long days at work and commutes, it's no wonder only a few families eat dinner together. Yet studies show that...

Being The Parent Your Child Needs

Are you being the parent your child needs you to be? A strong, healthy attachment between parent and child makes parenting much easier...

Are You Raising A Little Princess?

In the West, the physical appearance of the body defines and characterizes what kind of person you are. A recent Time magazine study...

Fathers and Sons

For decades, psychologists and other researchers assumed that the mother-child bond was the most important one in a child’s life. They...

Mothers and Daughters

The mother-daughter relationship is the most powerful bond in the world as it affects everything from her health and self-esteem to all...