KSL Television ~ Studio 5

Love, marriage, and the baby carriage are certainly wonderful, though difficult enough the first time around. But on the second go-around, dating and mating is often further complicated by previous loss, upset children, and an overwhelming ambivalence about hopping aboard all over again.

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KSL Television ~ Studio 5

January is stereotypically known for being the healthiest time of year; we start diet and fitness plans with a new resolve to live longer, happier lives. However, there is another common practice that isn’t so positive in January: it is the one month out of the year marked by the greatest number of people filing for divorce. Read the rest of this entry »

KSL TV–Studio 5

If you are a single mother you may feel isolated, but you’re certainly not alone: over 10 million American households are headed by single moms. Today, one in every four children in our country lives in a single-parent home. While the circumstances around single parenting vary, the reality is the same: parenting without a partner is extremely demanding and stressful.Parenting under traditional settings is hard enough as it is, but to be on your own is incredibly difficult, especially when the reality of what is, is not what you had imagined it to be when you started out with the dream of having a family of your own. Even though not all of us either choose or have the opportunity to marry and have a family, it is innately a large part of who we are, and disappointments around these crucial life passages can be devastating. Read the rest of this entry »

Salt Lake Tribune

Whether we agree or not, I extend my gratitude and respect to the articulate readers responding to last week’s column in which I posed the question: Is there such a thing as a good divorce?” Read the rest of this entry »