Couples

Ask Jenny: “How can I find balance in my life and relationships?”

Dear Jenny, Lately I have been finding that it is so hard for me to keep up with everything going on in my life right now, work, school, my children.  Do you have any suggestions for how I can find balance in my life and my family relationships?” R.D. Dear R.D. Thank you for submitting [...]

Why Won’t My Kids Just Listen to Me!?

Last week, almost every time I asked the kids to do something, I have been completely ignored the first, second, and sometimes, third time.   As you can imagine – this was driving me absolutely crazy. “What’s going on?” I kept thinking to myself,  “Why aren’t they listening to me!?” After I LOSE it – (well, [...]

Ask Jenny – “Help! I am So Overwhelmed.”

As promised, it is “Relationship Building Tool Monday”  – and instead of me coming up with ideas to share with you, I thought it would be more fun and productive to get questions from my readers, and do my best to answer them here. So here is our first question to kick this new series [...]

Getting REAL in Relationships

In my life and my work I have learned that the best way to build and strengthen any relationship is by getting real and by expressing what’s real. Yeah, I know, I talk about getting real all the time.  I can’t help it – that is who I am and what I believe in.    And [...]

Showing Unconditional Love

The other day I was having a conversation with my daughter, she was standing on the stool next to me while I was making dinner for the family.  I turned toward her at one point and noticed how beautiful she was and told her so:  “You’re beautiful.  I love you.” Right after I made that [...]

Chanukah ~ Candles ~ Lights ~ Love

The other night I had the privilege of attending my daughter’s mesibat chanukah (Chanukah party) at her school.  I really enjoyed it!  It was clear that both the students and the teachers in my daughter’s class worked very hard, practiced a lot, and had a lot of fun putting on ‘the show.” At one point, [...]