Monthly Archives: June 2013

Can your Marriage Survive your teenager?- – or why teenagers drive us batty.

I recently read a great article by Suzanne Phillips Raising Teens Without Ruining Your Marriage: Three Principles   What I loved so much about is that it highlights a core stressor for couples which is adjusting to the sheer chaos that emerges in relationships as children go through their teens.  Whenever I work with couples I […]

Could Pre-Marriage Counselling have saved Ronan Keating’s marriage

I have a confession I have always loved Ronan Keating’s singing.  I look the lyrics, his passion and the tenderness he portrays.  Like other’s I was saddened to hear that his marriage of 14 years had ended.  These musings were prompted again by a fascinating article about pre-marriage counselling in the Irish Times by columnist […]