by Jeff Packer | Apr 1, 2024 | Cooperative Parenting, Family, Parenting, Separation & Divorce
Managing a nuclear family (most often composed of mom and dad and their offspring), is hard enough given the responsibilities and challenges of every day life. We are all aware of how our world has evolved in culture and diversity and the ever changing variety of...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 19, 2024 | Anger Management, Conflict, Cooperative Parenting, Family, Friendship, Grief, Mental Health, Parenting, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Work & Employment
Accusation or Acceptance? Anguish or Forgiveness? How many times in our lives have we expected something to happen or someone to come through on a promise or commitment. Maybe we have expected to be recognized for having done something a little special? When this...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 27, 2024 | Change, Children & Adolescence, Cooperative Parenting, Diabetes, Family, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Parenting, Separation & Divorce, Teens
Sometimes a new diagnosis for your child may release certain feelings: guilt, shame, embarrassment, or regret. We might tend to push these feelings aside and focus on the “main concern,” that being our child. Getting counselling or therapy help for our...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 24, 2024 | Conflict, Cooperative Parenting, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce
Keep Personal and Professional Separate? Not Always Ever consider bringing some of the skills you learn at the office home, into your marriage and family life? It is quite common to struggle with communication in our personal lives; to become quickly frustrated,...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 16, 2024 | Affairs and Adultery, Change, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
How many times do you hear this phrase from a spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend? “We’ve grown apart”. I wonder where and when we first heard this phrase? Was it in a movie or on a TV show? Is it really true? Do people grow apart? This sounds like an...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 13, 2024 | Conflict, Crisis, Family, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Separation & Divorce
There is an assumption that the key to having a successful relationship is common interests. Some thoughts that may arise in a troubling relationship are: “We have nothing in common!” “Opposites DO NOT attract!” “If we don’t like the same things, there is nothing to...
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