Lots of personal struggles, a few therapists, and John Gottman’s science-based book, Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work, is what this text is based on. The title of the article expanded from the concept of marriage to the concept of “relationship”, since most of these principles are applicable not only to marriage, but also to…

There is much more love and connection in the world than I had allowed myself to see. Vivek Murthy – Together I spent half my life in depression, and I would have stayed there if I hadn’t come across Vivek Murthy’s book and learned that the name of that depression is loneliness. In fact, Vivek…

Sometimes, being angry, I think it’s the bottom already – and it knocks from the bottom again, then I want to run from you, from home, at least somewhere. Every day since I became a mother I celebrate the minute of the day when you were born. Viktoriya Chernyakhivska When I yell at my child,…

Lately, my child and I have been talking about death a lot. Honesty is at the heart of my parenting method, so I keep looking for a way to explain death to a child, to a four-year-old child, so that it is honest, but simple enough, so that it is simple, but complex enough to…

Last month, I did an experiment dedicated to my 34th birthday: I observed what principles and observations I rely on, what are my main lived-through revelations that I constantly return to in my mind. After filtering the variations and systematizing them, I got the following result. So, my main principles to live by. Trust and…

We have so little control over our lives. The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. Austin Kleon, Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad When you need to recharge, get out of a dead end, burnout, despair or creative crisis, find out what to…

Is there any good modern children’s poems on the Ukrainian market that don’t sacrifice rhythm, rhyme or accent? Well-thought stories with good illustrations? Yes! Most of the books in the ranking below are specifically Ukrainian, plus two translations; however, a good translation is also a rarity, an art and a separate work. Here are the…

… A day has 24 hours and a week has 168. No matter how cool and wonderful you are, your activity should be limited to this. Laura Vanderkam “I Know How She Does It. How Successful Women Make The Most of Their Time” That’s about how limits also the informativeness of Laura Vanderkam’s book –…

I’m always told that I have a complex character. I don’t know whether you noticed, but in Ukraine people usually call so those who have it in general. Ulyana Suprun Aggression is the driving energy and impulse to action.  For some, it results in activities for the benefit of the community and… tears, for others…

Here comes the day: today I’ll tell you about our most favorite children’s books. Those, reading which makes us with Newcomer faint from delight. Books that are actively quoted in our family both in Ukrainian and English and are read every day for already a year. I read them for my son in the language…