by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 5, 2016 | Self Care
3 TIPS FOR MANAGING LIFE'S BIG MOMENTS Big life moments bring big feelings. One feeling that is almost always around during these moments, is feeling scared. This is a topic you don’t read much about on the interwebs, but it is a very important issue. There is a...
by Kathryn Porritt | Dec 1, 2016 | Couples, Marriage
5 TIPS FOR WHEN MARRIAGE GETS TOUGH The thing about marriage is that we enter them with the best and most heartfelt intentions. We choose this person for better or worse, till death do us part. Often we marry when we are still in the honeymoon phase, that...
by Kathryn Porritt | Nov 27, 2016 | Self Care
ON HONORING YOURSELFDELETING THE “SHOULDS” We have a cultural norm that we must do ‘the right thing.’ Whilst this is an important concept that helps build a community and ensure that the needs of others are met, it is unhelpful when doing...
by Kathryn Porritt | Nov 25, 2016 | Family
SURVIVING THE FESTIVE SEASON Sometimes we have trouble not taking onsomeone else’s reaction. Many of my clients feel this way. Just recently I was talking with one about a stressful work experience they were having and as my client was listening to her colleague...
by Kathryn Porritt | Nov 23, 2016 | Children, Family, Parenting
FAMILY RITUALS Birthday’s are a big deal in our house. We have a birthday boy coming up this weekend, and we are all hands on deck planning and prepping the experience. We decorate rooms in the dead of night, so the birthday boy gets a surprise. We plan cakes...