Nostalgia Can Be a Toxic Impulse
Don't get caught up in nostalgia that doesn't inform or help you. When you find you're moping in the sadness of nostalgic regret, change the channel.
In Moments of Great Stress What Are Your Comforts?
What makes your life worth living? How can you define the parts of your life you'd like to lean into more as you get more time?
Single Father Manifesto: I’ll Never Stop Pursuing You
Single Father Manifesto - The Whole Parent - John McElhenney, life coach in austin, texas
Experience, Strength, and Hope After a Divorce with Kids
It's going to get easier. You are going to be okay. Your kids are going to be okay. And, at some point in the future, you're going to look back on this event (the divorce) as one of the defining moments in your life. Act well. Learn to lean into the process of becoming a single parent.
The Blurry Lines Between Divorced Parents: Entitlement & Narcissism
Not a percentage of salary earned. No, she believed, still believes, that the child support is her entitlement. This is no longer a relationship it's just a business contract. I am no longer a person to her, I'm a debtor. I'm the problem. I'm the reason she's unhappy.
Parenting Lesson: Always Consider Lightening Your Kid’s Load
The complications in a teenaged boy's life are many. Dad's love should not be another complication. I am here for him. And I can chill out a bit on my outreach. He knows I'm here. I have always been here.
Divorce Is The Beginning, Not the End
I believe in the sanctity of both parents and their ongoing relationship with their kids. The relationship that will last the rest of your life, and/or the life of your kids.
Dads vs. Moms: We’re All #Parents or #SingleParents
I launched The Whole Parent. I proudly put my name on the posts I began writing about learning to cope as a single dad with a less than cooperative co-parent.