Love + Marriage

The pandemic led us to couples therapy & here’s what we learned. When my husband and I were expecting our second child, I read some advice (I’ve long forgotten where) to couples adjusting to...

At the start of this year, my husband and I felt we would be ready to try for another baby come summer. Growing a family in the shadow of a pandemic has proven its...

As Pride Month ends, I’m finally finding some time to write about an experience I wouldn’t change for the world - growing up with two moms. If you’d have told that to twelve-year-old me...

I’ve been thinking subversive thoughts lately. Things like – I’m not sure I want this social isolation thing to end. I know it flies against popular sentiment, so I have kept it to myself....

We were driving somewhere recently when I was struck by a message on one of those road safety billboards – “You can’t see what you don’t look for.” It was about the need to...

I am sure we have all noticed the differences in our societal expectations when it comes to parenting. The never-ending list of expectations that women have to be a "good mom," and how it seems...

My hands trembled as I carefully copied the final sentence of my report onto a fresh sheet of lined notebook paper. In that bygone era when computers weren’t a household commodity, final drafts needed...

What if your marriage is in the trenches? There is so much beautiful advice out there for marriage - how to strengthen your marriage, how to keep it alive, how to make sure your partner...

Marriage isn’t easy. Through different phases of life, marriage is tested by stress, finances, aging parents, and children just to name a few. It takes work to communicate, carve out time to celebrate triumphs and...

Alright, so I’m bringing this brain series to a close, and for the grand finale, I thought we’d look at your brain in significant relationships...your spouse, your partner, your best and closest family and...