I’ve never met a bitter person who was thankful, Or a thankful person who was bitter Nick Vujicic I was sent the below video last week from a colleague of mine out of province, a psychologist whom I respect. He talked about how his son was struggling with some significant challenges in his life which …
Would you open a business without a business plan?
From www.StayHitched.com: Is Premarital Counselling for you? The short answer is a resounding YES. Getting married without pre-marriage prep is like starting a business or any important venture without preparing. Half of all marriages end in divorce and only half of those that endure are truly happy in the long run. Many happy engaged couples …
Raft Lessons = Life Lessons
I went white water rafting the other day down the Sunwapta River near Jasper, Alberta. Level 3 rafting…not for the faint of heart, helmets required. It was a blast…a little terrifying to anticipate, but a blast to remember. As part of making it a great experience, Jeff, our guide, spent a lot of …
Bumblebees can’t fly?
Apparently, using the laws of aerodynamics, bumblebees can’t create sufficient lift with their wings to lift their bodies. But, bumblebees can fly. Clearly they can fly. Apparently, the approach was all wrong. If you look at them like helicopters, rather than airplanes, science can prove that they can, in fact, fly. Funny how science had …
A Thought
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and it then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not …
Celebrate Being Here
I’m alive…that’s something to be grateful for. Every once in a while, the Maker of Life has an opportunity to teach me something that affirms that truth–all the more valuable a lesson when I’m not feeling it. Let me tell you the story…I’ll try to leave out painstaking details–some of which make the story even …
The Hard but Worthwhile Road of Infidelity Recovery
“Can I ever get past this? Can we ever get past this? Can I ever trust again? Do I want to try?” These are questions I’ve heard painfully asked often as couples deal with the raw emotional pain of infidelity. There was a powerful letter from Brenda Mohan in the Winnipeg Free Press paper today. …
Premarital Counselling helps my Grandkids?
The emotional health of your grandchildren may be one of the most underrated and most compelling reasons for premarital counselling. I’m not making this up. This will make sense in a minute or two. I promise. The second half of this video is important for the discussion: So…how does what a child needs to …
Quick Couple Evaluation
Here is a very quick video from the highly respected Dr. John Gottman, a researcher who’s done a fantastic job of measuring relationship success. One of the most significant results of his research is his ability, with 95% accuracy to be able to suggest the likelihood of a couple’s long term relationship success. He’s for …
Not just a cute quip
Age does not protect us from love, But love to some extent protects us from age. Jeanne Moreau It’s for real folks. People who are lonely die sooner. Eeek. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, an associate psychology professor at Brigham Young University, found that isolation of lonely people carries a health-risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes or …