Relationships: Empty Nest – Fly Away

Relationships: Empty Nest – Fly Away

By Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. / Illustration by Jim Nosakowski The term Empty Nest is often used to describe the transition period in a family’s life cycle when the children have grown up and left home to begin their own adult lives. While Empty Nest Syndrome is...
Parenting Your Adult Child

Parenting Your Adult Child

By Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. Studies reveal the relationship between a parent and a child is the longest, lasting social tie humans ever develop. When children are born, they are dependent on their parents to meet all of their needs. While the goal of parents is...
Healthy Relationships

Healthy Relationships

By Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. | Photography by Maria Lisa Militello Developing and maintaining healthy relationships is vital to both our physical health and our emotional well-being. While most of us are aware of the positive physical effects of adequate sleep, a...
Couples who exercise together reap huge rewards

Couples who exercise together reap huge rewards

by Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. The benefits of exercise and being physically active are well known. R ecent studies reveal when it comes to actually taking advantage of those benefits, it is our closest partner who may be our best ally in our search to maintaining a...
Couples who exercise together reap huge rewards

Couples who exercise together reap huge rewards

by Shelley Galasso Bonanno, M.A. The benefits of exercise and being physically active are well known. R ecent studies reveal when it comes to actually taking advantage of those benefits, it is our closest partner who may be our best ally in our search to maintaining a...