Family

Here are my thoughts about family.


Staying in the Moment

by : Dr. Lagrotte

FamilyParenting

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First day of school thoughts, and there are a lot of them. This is something I’ve been working on for a while now and I wanted to take the time to write about it and share with you how I’m doing with it. Too many times in my life, I have these great things happen…
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Are You Organized?

by : Dr. Lagrotte

FamilyLifestyleParenting

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Hoorary!  Back to school today for us! Do I really mean hoorary? I think so.  We got our girls off to school this morning.  It was enjoyable and fun this morning. We left early and had lots of time to get them settled in their classrooms. How is this possible? Let’s talk about organization to…
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Choices, choices and more choices

by : Dr. Lagrotte

FamilyParenting

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Life is Full of Choices Ok, life is full of choices and it’s very confusing what choices you should make on a day to day basis. What if I told you that you make so many choices a day and that the ones you are making are the right ones! Hooray right? Well, they might…
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Professionals United for Parkland (PU4P)

by : Dr. Lagrotte

FamilyTherapy

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I’m so excited to be a part of the the Professionals United for Parkland (PU4P). I had the pleasure of doing an interview (see below) about our work and what we’ve been up to and I haven’t written about it personally yet and, as I said in the interview, it is very personal to me.

How do you check in with your partner?

by : Dr. Lagrotte

CouplesFamily

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Hi, it’s Spring Break over here and I’m writing for the first time in a long time. As most of you know, our town of Parkland has had an enormous tragedy and we all all trying to do the best we can with finding our way through this and everything else. So I mentioned it’s…
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Make Some Couples Time

by : Dr. Lagrotte

CouplesFamilyParenting

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Yes, you can make couples time Have you ever heard the phrase, “You know you have children when having a 5 minute conversation takes all day.”  This is a joke of course, but is it?  We spend so much time on our children and what time we have left we spend on what?  Umm, that’s…
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Staying connected and sane during the holidays

by : Dr. Lagrotte

CouplesFamilyStress

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What do you say about the holidays? “Wahoo, they’re here” or “oh no, they’re here already?” Either way they are busy times for families whether you are traveling, hosting family or even gathering with friends. How will you stay connected and sane?

Patience

by : Dr. Lagrotte

FamilyParentingStressUncategorized

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The beginning of school is always a time of rushing, getting things ready and adjusting to a new routine. For me, as I’m sure for a lot of you, it’s also a time for holding on to your patience as well as your sanity! I have 2 girls in school now, yes I made it….
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Family plans and other such communication!

by : Dr. Lagrotte

Family

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I have been thinking of family plans to add to my list of ever growing ways for couples to communicate. What do I mean by this you ask? I was envolved in a chat about a couple that had different ideas about their relationship. The woman wants to get married mostly for religious reasons and…
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