January is known as “Divorce Month”…a month when there is an increase in calls to lawyers from couples seeking to end their marriage. YIKES! January is also known as Marriage Health Month for couple counsellors and the couples we work with. It is our experience over the last decade and more that we have been operating as …
Stories of Husband Part 1
We decorated the tree a few days ago with all the Junior Tribe Members…complete with Chinese food and macaroni’n’cheese. It was wonderful. On Sunday, Husband and I generally Christmas-fied the rest of our home–we hung up lights around the windows, tidied up the boxes, and put out candles. We also put up the creche. He …
Sarah Murray–Psychology Today Sex Expert
Our therapist, Sarah Murray, is now a columnist with Psychology Today as a sex expert. Her first article was published recently: Sarah focused her doctoral dissertation on men’s experience of sexuality, looking at the connection between sex and belonging/connection/relationship. There is no shortage of stereotypes about men’s sexuality. There is much bravado and “locker room …
In da Press…Dr. Sarah Murray
Therapists have a responsibility, not only to our clients, but also to our community. We go into the field because we care about people. We care about the relationships people have. It’s more than about getting an education to get a paycheque. Please understand that we like to buy our own groceries, and need to …
Stayin’ Alive
I spent the day at a workshop. Lorrie Brubacher, an awesome therapist and instructor, walked us through the below video…it confirmed and affirmed something that therapists know from sitting with clients. This video encapsulates the day…and a therapist’s work… Before you watch it, though, do me a favour? Please? Before you go farther into this …
Lines my Husband Told Me
One of the things that happens when you spend a lot of time with someone you love and respect is you learn about how to love well. The people who love me teach me about how to better love. And Husband makes my life better in so many ways…I’ve learned so much from him, from …
#1 of 10 Top Relationship Skills: Attunement
Lindsey Walsh completes his series of Top 10 Relationship Skills with this blog. The series has been a popular one. See the bottom to review the previous 9, if you’re interested in catching up on past entries in the series! “ [T]aking time to focus attention on the inner experience in the moment actually also makes us …
September 29
Two years ago, I was driving home from the west coast in early September, rather bereft. I was a little scared and a lot lost. You see, I’d been a single mom for almost a decade. I’d been single-mindedly focused on getting my Junior Tribe Members “all growed up”. That meant working, driving, cooking, connecting with …
Weighing the cost of overfunctioning…
My recent back injury taught me about the pain and discomfort when one set of muscles under function and another set of muscles compensate to overfunction. Underfunctioners often don’t realize that they are underfunctioning…they just aren’t awake in their life. They don’t realize others are looking after the practical and emotional demands in the world …
Weighing the cost of underfunctioning…
So I hurt my back several months ago. The physiotherapist said I likely ruptured a disc. The pain has been more in my leg than in my back. It’s been not good for several months. I went to see a physiotherapist…Mike’s a prof at the University of Manitoba. I met him when I taught there. …