February is the month of love. For many women, it’s a time for our partners to shower us with gifts. And it’s a time for us to show our partners how much we love them. However, the perception is out there that
This is the time of year with plenty of gatherings for friends and family that create opportunities for fun and frivolity. A time to celebrate, share, give and receive. It’s joyous and magical. But for some, it shines a spot light on
This is one of those “I wish I knew about this ahead of time” blogs. The financial blows of a divorced dad become the financial woes of the stepmom. For a lot of women, finances aren’t initially a part of the landscape
Creating boundaries is important for self care…indeed, often times, your survival. Figuring out what you can control and what you can’t, and then basing our decisions and actions on that is a critical component of creating boundaries. Let’s be honest, we’d like
In my last article, Stepparenting from the step-child’s perspective, I shared a perspective on the loss and grief of a child going through their parent’s divorce and what those behaviours look like. An important piece to keep in mind about the grief cycle
We all can agree that step-parenting is hard. And sometimes we have a really hard time loving the stepkids or even liking them. But I want to shed a little light on loss and grief for kids. This may partially explain why