Sentences with phrase «emotional energy spent»

Divorce is often cited as one of the most stressful lifetime events, and to most people it conjures up images of warring couples, distressed children and worried about the financial cost and emotional energy spent.

This sweet new baby might even help replenish some of the emotional energy spent dealing with toddler challenges.

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Dominus notes parenthetically, «anyone holding down three jobs to keep a family together is not likely to spend excess emotional energy negotiating and acting on a nonmonogamy agreement.»

While I don't believe that we all need to take such drastic action as Esther did, I do feel we need to be more aware of the emotional impact chasing after «Likes», and spending energy on being noticed on social media has on us.

While the «physical» aspects of parenting are certainly important for divorcing couples, it is critical that that couples spend as much (if not more) energy on the emotional aspects of parenting during divorce: How is my child adjusting to the changes in our family?

So, I'm really trying not to spend too much ink or emotional energy on this one, but... Yesterday, it was widely reported that New Jersey governor Chris Christie was asked by an 11 - year - old boy on the campaign trail what he'd do about school food... [Continue reading]

As NICU parents, you will spend a great amount of energy just getting through each day — getting to and from the hospital, absorbing the vast amounts of information you receive, spending time with your baby, caring for yourself and your household, and coping with the common emotional ups and downs of having an ill or premature baby.

I have never spent so much time, emotional, and spiritual energy preparing for anything as I had in preparing for this birth and I achieved my goal.

For universities, faculty scientists now are only a means to the end of increasing their profits (see: «Money now is Everything in Scientific Research at Universities»); the science faculty presently is forced to spend too much time and emotional energy on trying to acquire more research grant awards, instead of actually doing experiments to produce more new results.

Emotional energy is often spent on issues that won't matter in a few weeks — or even days.

They feel that they've spent so many hours and so much emotional energy on this project, they're surprised that someone else can't see the value in it.

A very intelligent woman named Sue explained to me via social media that the whole point of a SLAPP suit is to bring a lawsuit to make the little guy spend lots of time and emotional energy and money, and then drop it before it can come before a court of law where, in this case, the transnational would have to prove their allegations of conspiracy, etc..

The slippery slope from «just good friends» to affair partners can seem innocent until you realize that you kept the relationship a secret and deceived your partner about the time spent with your «friend» and the amount of emotional energy invested in the relationship.

Mainstream culture increasingly questions the cost of spending more time, more thought, and more emotional energy on flesh - and - blood intimacy: «It's just not worth it!»

You spend emotional and physical energy and attention on this person instead of on your spouse.

Basically if someone is in an emotional affair, they start to spend a lot of emotional energy on the person.

But please, be the grown - up and let your ex spend their emotional energy on being a parent, not on fighting you.

While the «physical» aspects of parenting are certainly important for divorcing couples, it is critical that that couples spend as much (if not more) energy on the emotional aspects of parenting during divorce: How is my child adjusting to the changes in our family?