Women’s Issues Articles
Listed by most recent articles first.
- What You Need to Consider Before Having Kids
Having a baby is a big decision that requires couples to do some serious self-reflecting ...
- When My Mommy Cries
Crystal Godfrey LaPoint’s tender story in When My Mommy Cries is one that has needed to be told for some time now. Like any good children’s author, LaPoint is able to succinctly express her theme, ...
- A Princess and Her Garden: A Fable of Awakening and Arrival
You thought of Aesop when you read the subtitle, didn't you? The story in this book is not your typical Aesop's fable. Not by a long shot. In fact, Aesop's got nothing on the author ...
- 5 Tips to Increase Your Assertiveness
“Assertiveness is all about being present in a relationship,” according to Randy Paterson, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist and author ...
- Valentine’s Day & Parental LOVE
Did you know that about 40 percent of the 180 million Valentine's cards purchased this year will be bought by parents? ...
- Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing and Treating Sexual Pain
In Healing Painful Sex: A Woman’s Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain, physician Deborah Coady, MD, and psychotherapist Nancy Fish, MSW, MPH, combine their medical and psychological expertise to write a book about ...
- 3 Relationship Pitfalls When Entering Parenthood & Pointers to Help
Couples are often surprised just how much a baby changes their relationship and their lives. In fact, ...
- 3 Steps to a Closer, Stronger Family
“I wish my kids and I were closer.”
One of the letters I received recently on Psych Central's Ask ...
- 5 Reasons Not To Marry the One You Love
For many young girls, being a bride is the closest thing possible to living out childhood fantasies ...
- Permission for Moms To Have Negative Feelings
Q: I have a toddler who doesn't sleep well and never naps. She exhausts me with her never-ending need for ...
- 5 Damaging Myths About Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common complications of childbirth, according to Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Program at the UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders. PPD ...
- The Mid-Life Crisis: An Opportunity in Disguise?
In the movie City Slickers the character played by Billy Crystal hits his 39th birthday and finds himself in a ...
- Competing Family Loyalties in the Holiday Season
The holidays are ripe for unearthing family dramas, often featuring a popular story line about competing loyalties. Though there are ...
- ADHD and Menopause: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do
It’s hard enough having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But if you’re a woman ...
- 7 Tips for Long-Distance Couples
“Whether you just met someone in a different city or your partner moved out of town for another job, long-distance relationships ...
- How Couples Can Help Each Other De-stress and Improve Their Relationship
“Stress impacts our love relationships more than we are aware of or acknowledge,” according to Judy ...
- Emotionally Focused Therapy: Bolstering Couples’ Emotional Bonds
Western culture views independence as a virtue. We’ve been taught that a truly strong person doesn’t need anybody to survive ...
- The Development of Food Preferences
The development of food preferences begins very early, even before birth. And likes and dislikes change as we grow into adults. ...
- What To Do About Attention-Seeking Kids
The preschooler I observed in the grocery store yesterday was doing everything she could to get her mom’s attention. She whined. ...
- October is Domestic Violence Month
Domestic violence remains a huge and largely hidden problem. The purple ribbons you may have seen recently on car bumpers and people’s ...
- The Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsessive Love
Have you ever found yourself calling your partner repeatedly even though they have asked you to stop? Does your partner sulk, pout and pick a fight whenever you want to meet up with friends for ...
- Right Here with You
What do religious books about relationships usually say? “Give it time; God has someone for everyone.” Right Here with You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships is different. It’s a Buddhist—rather than Christian—book. In it, ...
- What it Means To Be in Love
Such a broad and abstract topic as love, not surprisingly, is hard to define. And, of course, many writers, artists, ...
- I Love You. Now Change.
She married him because he was hardworking. She was considering divorce because he turned out to be a workaholic who was barely ...
- Women Who Love Psychopaths
This book has many reasons to recommend it. Two are most powerful. First, its postulation through neuroscientific indications that the psychopath's brain is genetically different from his fellows and so he cannot change is paramount ...
