Life Transitions

Navigating life’s biggest changes—from loss and divorce to parenting, aging, and starting over. Find guidance, support, and personal stories to help you move forward with strength and resilience.

Parenting

Easing Back-to-School Jitters

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC School bells are ringing and kids are everywhere. As you drive slowly through school ...

Parenting

5 Strategies to Stay Sane, Be a Happy Single Mom and Raise a Positive Family

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Erika Oliver I didn’t plan to be a mom. I planned to be a career woman that took a ...

Parenting

7 Simple Ways New Moms Can Whip Into Shape

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

Taking care of a new baby is exhausting for mom and her busy schedule can make it difficult to get ...

Relationships

Don’t Fall for Cupid’s Lies on This Valentine’s Day (and Six “Love Laws” to Embrace Instead)

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

Contemporary culture promotes many trite, misleading, and self-absorbed ideas about what makes for successful romantic relationships: just be yourself…find someone ...

Parenting

6 Annoying Things Your Children Do that Are Actually Good for Them

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The Pittsburgh Better Times Team

By Jude Bijou MA MFT Kids test parents’ patience all the time. They whine, bargain, cry, mope, and dawdle. They ...