Resolving Conflict
Conflict is inevitable. If you manage conflict poorly, your relationships will suffer. If you manage conflict well, you'll help them grow healthy and strong. Here are steps to RESOLVE conflict.
1. R - Remain calm
The number one rule for resolving conflict is to remain calm and controlled throughout the process. Rash, uncontrolled speech is...
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Picture Perfect Holiday Snapshots
The difference between a good picture and a great one isn't a perfect face or body – it's knowing how to work the camera. Get the heads-up on secrets only the professionals know, just in time for the holiday season! Whether you’re posing for a company portrait or just mugging for the family, here are tips the professionals use to make every...
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My once happy mother is now depressed and defeated
My dad died two years ago and my mother's mother came to live with her. My grandmother is very controlling and abusive. I've seen my mom change from a happy person to a defeated nothing - I can't stand to see her like this.
Advice: It is always hard to give an older person advice. Most of the time, if that advice hasn't been asked for, the person...
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Rebuilding Trust
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...
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Creative Ways to Shoot Your Wedding
Standard posed pictures are pretty, but you can make your wedding album into a real page-turner by sprinkling it with some unique images.
Try a little something different for your wedding photos. Almost any photographer will know to capture a picture of the ring exchange or the cake-cutting ceremony. But you can set your photographic memories...
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We don't communicate
My husband of twelve years is becoming very distant, non-communicative and unaffectionate towards myself and our children. There is very little communication between us. I feel I give to him all the time and he takes and doesn't give back. There is no romance anymore, and sex just feels like another chore to me. I feel we are headed for a breakup....
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