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Below is a collection of articles and insights from Dr. Erika on topics ranging from healthy relationships, to love, to dealing with the pandemic. Please check back frequently for new posts!
Finances and Your Marriage
Finances are tricky. They are hard for some people to manage even when all they have to do is manage their own. But, when you add another person…
Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is known for being a day of romance filled with flowers, chocolates and love letters. How we got to this is not so romantic. Way back, on February 14th in the 3rd century AD, the Emperor Claudius II executed 2 men, both…
Making New Year’s Resolutions
This has been a challenging year! Saying good bye to 2020 is something most people were ready to do back in April! We are finally able to move on to 2021. Moving on to 2021 means making…
How to Survive Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time of reflection and gratitude. It is delightful to reflect on life and all of the things that you are grateful for. This year, 2020, has been challenging and at times has…
Value and Appreciation
Having people in your life is important. Relationships are important. Whether it is a friendship, a love relationship, a relationship with your children or a relationship with a coworker it is important to let people know that…
Functional Fighting
Is it true that if you have a healthy relationship you should never fight? Not at all! Everyone fights. In fact it is healthy to fight if you do it right! It is how you fight that matters…
Co-Parenting in the Pandemic
Co-parenting is working together to raise, parent, guide, and support your children. Sometimes this is something that parents do together under one roof and sometimes this is something…
What to do When You are Feeling Blue
Feeling blue is easy to do. There are so many reasons that you may feel down and blue. Life can be challenging, especially now. Our world doesn’t look the way we…
Characteristics of Healthy Relationships
Relationships come in all shapes and sizes. What are the qualities or characteristics that relationships need to possess in order to stay healthy?
Falling In and Out of Love
Falling in love is a beautiful thing. You finally meet someone who makes your heart skip a beat. You have so many things in common. You light up when you see your person. You feel like everything is wonderful and…
How to Survive Quarantine with Your Partner
Time. We all want more time. Maybe you wanted things to slow down. Well here we are. We are facing a pandemic and everything is closed. Now all we have is time. How do you survive all of this time…