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How to Nurture Your Kids' Relationship with Their Grandparents
If you find yourself sandwiched between two generations — your children and your aging parents — do all that you can to nurture their connection.1 With some exceptions, grandparents can deliver to grand-kids the unconditional love — and more — that can make an important contribution to a child's life. Particularly during times of family upheaval such as divorce, remarriage or…
Strategies for managing holiday stress and anxiety
Bustle recently published a series of articles to help readers navigate the coming holidays, addressing issues like holiday anxiety, stressful family reunions and heated family discussions about politics and religion. Featured as an expert in this series, Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist at The Family Institute, provides tips for taking care of your…
Advice for helping someone with depression
Dr. Nancy Burgoyne describes how to help a loved one who is suffering with depression in an interview with Elizabeth Bernstein, Bonds columnist from The Wall Street Journal. Read article in The Wall Street Journal
Dr. Jacob Goldsmith provides tips for keeping family discussions calm during the holidays
“Even the happiest, healthiest, most connected families can have some tension around the holidays. So whatever you’re going through, rest assured, there are lots of other people out there going through the same thing,” Dr. Goldsmith said. If your family didn’t fare well this Thanksgiving, these tips can help you avoid and de-escalate arguments during the coming holidays. …
Avoiding family drama during the holidays
As Thanksgiving approaches, listen to Jacob Goldsmith, Ph.D., in conversation with Bonds columnist from The Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Bernstein, discussing how to avoid family drama during the holidays. Dr. Goldsmith provides tips on spending extended time with your family during the holidays, setting boundaries, communicating with emapthy and strategies to practice all…
The Family Institute’s “Marriage 101” class and graduate program featured in The Atlantic’s cover story on “The Sex Recession”
In the December 2018 cover story of The Atlantic, Kate Julian writes about young people having less sex and “the sex recession.” In her section on “hookup culture,” Ms. Julian visits Dr. Alexandra Solomon’s “Marriage 101” class for undergrads at Northwestern and describes a conversation with The Family Institute’s graduate students. Read about The Sex Recession
Jealousy hinders relationships and collaboration
In a Business Insider article, Jayne Kinsman, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, is quoted on how jealousy can impact your own happiness. Ms. Kinsman discusses jealousy making one become selfish, which can ruin romantic relationships and interfere with work performance, especially in collaborative work environments. Read How Your Jealousy is Sabotaging Your Happiness
Dr. Jessica Rohlfing Pryor quoted on perfectionism
Jessica Rohlfing Pryor, Ph.D., was quoted in a variety of media outlets about the potential risks of maladaptive perfectionism in conjunction with an event on Northwestern's campus, #PerfectlyImperfectNU.