A Word from your Relationship: E.D.I.N.A.!

When I moved my office to Edina, MN a friend joked that Edina is really an acronym for Every Day I Need Attention. She even played me a song, a spin off of the 80’s Moon Unit Zappa hit “Valley Girl”, that explained it. While it may be a humorous...

Maybe Baby is back!

Are you GLBTQ and considering parenthood? Please join us for Maybe Baby 2015 and meet others thinking about this too and learn about options for family creation together. Each week there will be a guest speaker on topics including Foster parenting, Infant adoption,...

The Wedding Gift That Lasts: Premarital Counseling

It can be difficult to find a meaningful wedding gift these days. Many couples  already seem to have everything they need to create a home. While they may have tools for cleaning and repair, do they have the tools they need to have an enduring marriage? If you knew...

Memorial Day 2015

We Remember Them At the rising sun and at it’s going down; We remember them. At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter; We remember them. At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of Spring; We remember them. At the blueness of the skies and in...

Have you Hugged Someone With Infertility Today?

  This week is National Infertility Awareness week. It is the time we are reminded that 1 out of 8 couples are affected by infertility. Despite these astronomical numbers, infertility can feel very isolating. One of the reasons is that it may be difficult for...

Love Will Keep Us Together.

This post is the follow up to last week’s post ” Stop in the Name of Love” which discussed four behaviors which may lead to divorce. The behaviors are criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. John Gottman and his team looked at which...