Dr. Nari Jeter

If you’re baking cookies with your kids, you’re doing it right.

If your kids are on their tablets, you’re doing it right.

If your kids are playing outside, you’re doing it right.

If your kids are reading books, you’re doing it right.

If your kids have to get their own snac...

World-renowned marital researcher, Dr. John Gottman, has found a "Magic-Ratio" for relationships. Essentially, his research has shown that in healthy couples, they have a ratio of 5 positives things happening for everyone 1 negative thing. What does this mean for your...

We all have our boundaries. What we share in our lives, with whom, and when are indicators of our boundaries. Essentially, boundaries determine what we let in and out of ourselves...emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and even physically. Relationships also need...

Let's face it. No one is perfect. So, it is inevitable that we will all have to apologize at some point in our lives. However, I have come across one common misconception about making apologies: When you apologize, you are admitting that you are/were wrong. And while t...

I wrote this blog post from the perspective of a mother and stepmother, but I believe that parts of it could apply to all stepfamily relationships (father and stepfathers, stepchildren and stepparents). 

As if the traumas of divorce aren’t enough, just when you may feel...

In our relationships, maintenance involves making continual investments in others and ourselves.