Relationships Under Strain

Confident and Independent Professional Crossing the Street Sometimes the grief that follows divorce doesn't appear until years after the marriage has ended. I had a client who at the time of their divorced described feeling relieved. It had been a difficult decision, but a considered one. Both partners believed ending the marriage was ultimately healthier for them and for their children. Life moved forward. The children were doing well, and their former spouse seemed to be fl

"There are two ways to measure time: by calendars, and by who shared those years with us." Long before I thought much about grief education or coaching people through life's difficult seasons, there was Grace. An English Bulldog with an oversized head, an oddly charming underbite, a stubby tail that seemed to develop a life of its own whenever one of our sons came home, and a snore so impressive that if she settled over her favorite heating vent, you could hear it throughout

Mother’s Day is often presented as something simple. A day to celebrate. To gather. To express appreciation. And for some, it is. But for many people, especially those quietly holding a lot, it’s more complex than it looks. You might be caring for a mother who is no longer the person she once was. Navigating a relationship that has changed, strained, or grown distant. Mother’s Day can carry both love and loss—often at the same time. Moving through a divorce that has r