My partner and I have two children. Our daughter is four and our son is a year old. We are separating and he wants to keep our children for six months and then have me keep them for six months. I feel that will be difficult for the them. I am moving to the west coast and we will not be close at all. How much time should we each have the children...

Determine which life events have occurred in your life over the past two years and add up your total stress score then follow the directions below. Events Scale of Impact: Death of a spouse 100 Divorce 73 Marital separation 65 Jail term 63 Death of close family member 63 Personal injury or illness 53 Marriage 50 Fired at work 47 Marital...

I have struggled with horrible PMS for years, only to have it lifted at menses. I feel guilty about not being able to keep my raging hormones out of my personal life. Advice: Hormone fluctuations definitely play on our emotions because when estrogen levels decrease – serotonin levels decrease as well. Serotonin helps us feel good mentally and...

How often do you find yourself dealing with guilt? Do you wonder whether you said something hurtful? Let someone down? Left a job unfinished or failed at achieving a goal? Do you lay awake at night ruminating over feelings of shame or thoughts of not measuring up? Cindy had a falling out with a friend when she expressed frustration about being...

Has your trust been broken? Talk to a mentor today. One of my clients once asked me what it means to trust another human being. She wanted to know how she should react when a spouse or significant other is dishonest, inconsiderate or having an affair. She wondered if it is possible to rebuild trust in someone who disappoints us greatly. What...

My son is fifteen years old turning sixteen. He has always been an easy-going, easily adaptable, pleasant child. The last two weeks I noticed, especially on weekends, that he seems a little agitated. When I questioned him, he said that he is feeling frustrated and just feels like breaking something or just putting his fist through something. He said...

My fiancé/boyfriend and I are having problems. We both have faced problems in the past, but I feel we are on the right track now. We are engaged, but now he is saying that he just wants to be friends because of complications from a previous relationship. I just can't understand this. His past marriage was a mistake, but he is legally divorced...