Family

A client recently asked me this, and it’s my Question of the Week: What do I do when I seem to care more about my spouse’s health than he does? My husband has been struggling with health issues for a few years now. He’s diabetic, overweight, has heart issues, drinks to excess, has high blood [...]

Over the past couple weeks in my Take Back Your Life Group Program, the topic has been anger that sometimes comes up when you’re a caregiver, and how to handle it in new, healthier ways. One of the participants raised a great question about a particular anger issue she struggles with – and because it’s [...]

Here’s a heart-tugging Reader’s Question I got this week: I had a pop quiz this past week… with the holidays and all, I saw your article about bringing parents to family gatherings, and it resonated… For the past couple of years I have struggled with bringing my mother to family holiday celebrations. It’s been really hard… [...]

Several people wrote to me about additional feelings of guilt brought up by the many logistical challenges involved in putting together family holiday gatherings when aging or health-challenged relatives don’t live nearby. An excellent question – and a scenario that happens in millions of families every time there’s a major holiday. The collective amount of [...]