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  • Estrangement

    Estrangement

    It’s important to note that there’s a spectrum of estrangement, and it’s not always a forever thing, says psychologist Joshua Coleman, PhD, author of Rules of Estrangement. Sometimes people distance themselves or experience a loved one pulling away from them for short periods of time, long stretches, and sometimes forever. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most common reasons for family estrangement…

  • Everything is a learning process.

    Everything is a learning process.

    This past weekend has been unique – to say the least. The holidays were usually an uneventful time compared to everyone else’s extravagant cabin vacations and huge families. Thanksgiving was spent as normal, a meal with my immediate family. The next few days went as predicted – slow, boring, full of chores. Then my oldest…