Every one (and I think I can say this as a blanket statement) is impacted in one way or another from the economic stress; businesses closing, loss of jobs, constant worry about job security, foreclosing the home, friends struggling, or simply the news telling you another bad thing. Anxiety may be higher than ever, but this doesn’t mean you have to stop connecting with your partner.  In fact, this is the time to support one another through the stress and help alleviate the pain.

A few years back, my husband was in school and I was starting my therapy practice.  We didn’t have much money at the time, yet we realized the importance of nurturing the relationship.  We started a game called $20 Date Night where every Friday night we switched off with creating the date. The goal is to create a date with only spending $20 or less. To our surprise, we came up with many dates; it just took imagination and creativity.  To this day, we continue or date night challenge… Read More→