Christmas spirit doesn’t die with divorce

As much as I empathize with how difficult holidays can be after divorce.   Family dynamics change and emotions can be all over the map.  Rather than allowing overwhelm to consume you, make a deliberate choice on how you prefer to feel and focus on what you can do to achieve it.   Nobody but you [...]

Holiday Stress as a Single Parent

Do you get over-whelmed and stressed with the approach of Christmas as a single parent? Life can be hard enough emotionally, physically and financially without the added burden of keeping up with the “Jones” & the desires of your children after divorce. Well here’s some tips that can help! Start now by teaching your kids [...]

Single Parenting Happiness

What makes you happy?  What are the emotional attractions that capture your heart and allow you to feel alive? It is so important to know and understand what YOU need to make you feel better.  Your emotional and mental health and well-being is important for your physical health.  What you feel needs to be transparent [...]

Single Parenting Tips

If you are the custodial parent and your ex has regular visitations the more organized and routine you can be the easier the transition is for your children.  I understand as a single parent who is responsible and prepared you feel you do all the work and still things are difficult.  It’s true you may [...]

Children go missing almost every day!

This wasn’t world news, but it certainly hit Southern British Columbia hard last week when a 3 year old boy names Keanin went missing in the middle of the night from his bedroom.  During the 4 days he was missing it was suspected by the police that he had been abducted by a known sex [...]

What to do when your child is bullied

There is nothing worse than the school yard bullies.  The truth is most of them are very insecure when alone and choose to surround themselves with similar “buddies” in order to protect their lack of confidence.  The other truth is that they are feeling in lack of love and believe bullying is the only way [...]

Back to School Butterflys

September can be a trying month for families who have recently gone through divorce.  Children worry and anticipate the queries of everyone regardless of whether people know or not.  The child knows and they think it is written all over their face.  Little butterflys in the tummy of nervousness when not addressed can become bigger [...]

Routines, organization and time management

As a single parent often the beginning of September is a time to let out a sigh of relief.  The kids go back to school and there seems to be a feeling of peace as once again you settled into routine.  For others there is a feeling of over whelm as the cost of school [...]

How to manage overwhelm as a single parent

Feeling overwhelmed, lacking energy and letting your emotions get the best of you?  I can totally relate. Day to day life as a single parent is never easy.  Often we think things are awful in the marriage and you’re better off in divorce, but financially, emotionally and physically the process of getting through the days [...]

Are you ready to recover from divorce?

Perhaps asking if you are ready to recover from divorce is a rhetorical question but so often what we say isn’t really what we are feeling. We think we want to heal after divorce from the heart ache and yet the anger feels as though it’s serving a purpose. In fact, anger does serve a [...]

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