Life coach, Mark Chernoff, breaks down some important life truths that can shape how children view themselves and their place in the world. Parents, no matter how old your child (or adult child), it’s never too...
Category - Relationships
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
How to Sabotage Your Relationships by Not Owning Your Stuff
If you’re wondering why your relationships often go awry or seem more difficult than they should be, perhaps it’s time to consider your role. If you’re carrying unresolved family of origin wounds or...
3 Roadblocks to Forgiveness in Relationships
Dr. Richard Nicastro, PsyD, explores things that complicate forgiveness in relationships. Sometimes the part of us that feels truly indignant remains rigid. Can you get to a place where letting it go is possible...
Richard Nicastro, PhD
Key Insights | Rise in Anxiety and/or Depression in our Youth, What Gives?
According to a recent study in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, more than 1 in 20 US children and teens (ages 6 to 17 years old) have anxiety or depression. Approximately 2.6 million American...
Time to Rethink What You Thought You Knew About Romantic Relationships and Affairs
Esther Perel has an unmistakeable presence. The Belgian speaker, therapist, author and TedX sweetheart has been challenging us all, including therapists like myself, to rethink our paradigms around romantic...
Study: Top 3 Things Couples Fight About and Other Things You Should Know
Fresh off attending the 2018 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DC, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with John Gottman. Dr. Gottman is a dominant figure on the relationship research and couples...
Dating after Divorce and Self-Care
Psychologist Richard Nicastro encourages a focus on YOU when dating after divorce. He shares tips while keeping a focus on self-care. The great novelist W. Somerset Maugham said, “There are 3 rules for writing the...
Simple Valentine
After Valentines Day, people often ask each other, “What did you do?” eyes wide with anticipation to hear the big reveal… “We spent a weekend away in the wine country.” “He bought me...
Ask Lisa: I’m in an Emotionally Abusive Marriage
I started dating my husband when I was 19 and he was 36. I came from a broken home where there was extreme violence and alcohol abuse, so I did not want to have anything to do with alcohol. He told me that he was only a...
#TheToolbox Best of Emotional and Relationship Health 2017
2017 is slipping by and throughout this year, I continue to enjoy tending to my online labor of love, LoveAndLifeToolbox.com. This is my annual end of the year celebration of the “best of” my emotional and...
