By Guest Columnist: McKenzie Kantra Have you ever gotten a good feeling just from being around somebody who’s happy?  Well, it turns out that there is actually a scientific answer to why you feel that way. It’s called “sympathetic resonance.” We all know that objects can pick up on vibrations from objects that are near […]

In my last article, “The Triangle of Love,” I described Robert Sternberg’s “Triangle Theory of Love,” and how the three components of love (i.e., Passion, Intimacy, & Commitment) combine in different ways to produce eight different types, or triangles, of love. The ultimate form of love, Complete or Consummate Love, while not easily achieved or […]

All parents are aware that parent-child communication can be very difficult at times.  Most parents are also aware that these “difficult” communication patterns can quickly become “impossible” during the teen years. Even though it’s normal for teens to begin to separate from their parents during adolescence, they need to know that the safety net of […]

Marriage, by its very nature, tends to be complicated and difficult.  It is a friendship, a partnership, and a business relationship all rolled into one.  Problems can, and usually do, crop up in any and all these three areas. Complicating matters even more, when a problem occurs in one area, it is likely to bleed […]