In this new age of social media, appropriate online etiquette can be hard to find (even with Google). But here’s a new piece of advice built on millions of heartbreaking stories: for the sake of the relationship you are changing your relationship status for, take a few more minutes and "Unfriend" or "Block" certain Facebook friends. Who should...

Ever since the internet became a regular part of the human experience, it has been implicated as an accomplice in online affairs, real life adultery, and the break-up of marriages. With every new online fad have come the stories of spouses wandering away from their marriage to a new cyber love interest.  The media has highlighted tales and trends...

Blah, blah, blah! All too often the words we speak come across as meaningless chatter. Communication, the transmitting of information from one person to another is such a common part of our lives that we engage in it without giving the words we speak much thought. Our communication techniques can devalue those we are closest to. In fact communication...

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What Are Your Priorities?

How do you choose to spend your time? What you decide to do can say a lot about your priorities in life. Sometimes it's easy to let inconsequential things steal focus from what should be most important. What are your priorities? How do you make time for them? How do you decide what your priorities are in the first place? Explore the interactive...

I am 41 and spent Mother’s day morning getting up at 5:30 (yes a.m.) by choice to do a 10km run. (Run is a strong word).  Now before you shut me off and say this doesn’t apply to you, just stick with me for a moment.  I am NOT one of those super fit types that loves to exercise.  (I really don’t understand that thinking myself)  My story...

Every year, with weddings and new babies, our family seems to grow by at least one. Now, with in-laws, nieces and nephews, my Christmas list has swelled to 18 "immediate" family members. Since we live hundreds of miles away from one another, not only does exchanging gifts mean shopping and wrapping, but also mailing all the parcels. Kinda makes gift-giving...

Recently we were in Banff at a “Weekend to Remember” Marriage Conference. We arrived a day early to help set up for this large event. I was stacking the weekend’s workbooks behind the registration table when I heard a song.  The hotel staff provided music played over the large sounds system and I laughed out loud and wondered if it was a...