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Why Your Partner Resists Couples Counseling
I always feel that couples counseling is often misused and misunderstood. One half either doesn’t want to be there, was forced to be...
Silvia Farag
6 days ago5 min read
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Midlife Married with Children
One major way that people sabotage their happiness within intimate relationships is by comparing themselves to couples at different ages...
Silvia Farag
Jun 12, 20245 min read
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Adulting in the Sandwich Generation
I lost my Dad about a year and half ago and it seems like lots of my friends are losing parents. We often talk about how sad this...
Silvia Farag
May 30, 20245 min read
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Magic Words to Deescalate a Fight
Many times, people tell me that their spouse is "always" the one to start the fight with them. People who think that they are the hapless...
Silvia Farag
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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Finding the Balance: Gentle Parenting in a Modern World
My kids got me this shirt for my birthday last year. I think it captures my essence perfectly. The one thing that has been consistent in...
Silvia Farag
Feb 23, 20243 min read
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Healthy Expectations in Marriage
Many people ask me what a healthy relationship is supposed to look like. I often say that the biggest issue in every relationship is...
Silvia Farag
Feb 1, 20245 min read
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My Kid is Rude, Now What?
There is, of course, no one right answer to this question. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably trying to sell you something. We...
Silvia Farag
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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The Challenge of Maintaining a Strong Relationship Between Moms and Their Teens
Many parents, especially mothers find parenting teenagers to be the most stressful phase of their lives. I’ve discussed here about how to...
Silvia Farag
Jan 4, 20245 min read
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Connect With Your Teens Part 2
A group of teenage girls on a Christian retreat were taken to a mountaintop and told to listen to their mothers. One at a time, they were...
Silvia Farag
Dec 27, 202310 min read
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Connect With Your Teens Part 1
Like most parents, I have some wisdom to share with my kids. Maybe I think I have more than I actually do. But they keep me humble and...
Silvia Farag
Dec 19, 20234 min read
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Teach Your Daughter How to Handle an Excluder by Being an Includer
Great attention is paid these days to the subject of “mean girls.” For moms raising daughters, it’s a hot topic, something that adults...
Silvia Farag
Nov 21, 20237 min read
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An Angel Inside the Rock
When we were in Florence, we spent a day in the Galleria dell”Accademia di Firenze. I think you all know by now how much I admire the...
Silvia Farag
Oct 15, 20235 min read
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A Fallacy of Motherhood
I was filling out the endless paperwork for re-enrollment for my youngest son’s school. He is starting his final year at the elementary...
Silvia Farag
Aug 16, 20235 min read
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The Epidemic of Loneliness in Boys
A few weeks ago, while driving my kids we started talking about friendships. They were very curious about my friends. I don’t have a lot...
Silvia Farag
Aug 8, 202310 min read
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A Love Set in Stone
A Love Set in Stone Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss is one of the most beautiful sculptures by Antonio Canova. It represents the meeting...
Silvia Farag
Aug 1, 20235 min read
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Rigid Has Consequences
So many couples argue incessantly and have no idea that this is destroying their relationship, the peace in their home, and their kids’...
Silvia Farag
Apr 27, 20235 min read
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Why You Should Build Her Up
When couples are struggling in their marriage, particularly in the dynamic where the woman is the emotional partner and her husband is...
Silvia Farag
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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Physical Touch
Everyone has their own preferred love language, and all are equally important. But there is a compelling argument that I am about to make...
Silvia Farag
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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How Do I Measure Up
Almost everybody I know -- wealthy or struggling to make ends meet, single or celebrating their 20th anniversary, their kids are grown or...
Silvia Farag
Mar 4, 20236 min read
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Child Centered Home
I, like many others in my community grew up in a child-centered home. My immigrant parents were in a new country with new social norms,...
Silvia Farag
Feb 22, 20236 min read
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