by Michelle Scharlop | Marriage
Some people think that loving marriages just happen. Happily married couples would tell you that it takes, respect, patience, empathy and lots of nurturing. It also takes making your spouse feel special, important, noticed, and your number one priority. One of the...
by Michelle Scharlop | Marriage
Why are some couples thriving in their marriage and some barely surviving? The answer could be in figuring out if the couple is a “marriage master” or a “marriage disaster” as described by Dr. John Gottman, world-renowned therapist who developed the Gottman Method...
by Michelle Scharlop | Marriage
There is a famous line that most of us remember from the Wizard of Oz. It is “lions, tigers and bears, oh my”. This line is expressing the upcoming potential dangers on the journey to see the wizard. I relate it to a newer saying, “Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, oh...
by Michelle Scharlop | Marriage
Communication struggles is a common stressor in all relationships and more specifically marriages. The majority of the couples I see, struggle to communicate in some ways. Some relationships are at the point where there is very little communication, because...
by Michelle Scharlop | Marriage
It is March 2021, one year after the pandemic entered our lives. It has been a year that we are all going to remember. A year that most likely effected all of us in some way. A year that things changed in ways we never would have imagined. As this year of changes...
by Michelle Scharlop | Family, Marriage, Relationship
As 2020 is coming to a close, I am reflecting on what the year brought me personally, as a wife and a mother and professionally, as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I, along with many, had high hopes and plans for 2020. But for me and for many, living in a...
