by megantuohey00 | Nov 21, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Self Care
RESISTANCE TO FEEDBACKHow to harness your happiness and find some inner peace This morning I was scheduled to do the ‘morning shift’ with our young boys, whilst my husband did the ‘night shift’, which had him up a couple of times. This means he...
by megantuohey00 | Nov 20, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage, Parenting
CONNECTION BEFORE DIRECTION There’s a saying in the world of parenting that best way to bring children along with you, wherever you need to go, is to have spent some time connecting before directing. I have found that this is a philosophy that works...
by megantuohey00 | Nov 16, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage
MARRIAGE GETS HARDIT’S MEANT TO. THAT’S THE POINT OF IT. “Everything new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end”. Semisonic, Closing Time. To build a happy and successful marriage, it takes equally engaged partners. This gets tricky...
by megantuohey00 | Nov 15, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage
FIGHTING BECAUSE OF MONEY?YOU NEED TO READ THESE TIPS One of the most stressful things in a marriage is money, usually because we don’t have enough of it. Money is the currency of safety. A house, food, bills paid, clothes and transport are all things we need. We also...
by megantuohey00 | Nov 14, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage
LOVING YOUR PARTNER MEANINGFULLYBACK TO BASICS Love languages. You probably remember the NY Times bestselling book, and you probably did the quiz around the time it was launched (1995!!). It’s an oldie, but a goodie, when it comes to getting down to basics. When it...
by megantuohey00 | Nov 12, 2016 | Couples, Family, Marriage, Self Care
MANAGING STRESS RESPONSES WHEN FIGHTING When we argue in our relationships and the argument is out of control (e.g. we are not fighting fairly) usually our bodies go into fight, flight or freeze mode. This is really important to talk about, because there is...
