Blog Posts
Finding Your Personal Blind Spots through Problems in Marriage and Family – Heart-to-Heart: Loving Family Series - Everyone may have some blind spots in their lives. However, a marriage relationship can easily be hindered by not knowing your own personal blind spots or that of your spouse...
Keepsakes – Presence Harmonious Family Series - We don’t have to keep giving gifts to express our love; instead, we can let the person who gifted to us know how much we appreciate what they have done. By telling people, “Your love is still vivid and alive in my memory,” is in and of itself a way to return your love.
Husband and Wife – Lover? Enemy? (Part 2) – Presence Harmonious Family Series - Husband and wife are lovers or enemies? Different family origins, cultural backgrounds, and value systems can have a tremendous influence on a relationship. If a couple can try to understand, accommodate, and be empathetic with each other, a lot of problems can be prevented. Continuing from Part 1 of “Husband and Wife – Lover? Enemy?”, Dr. Agnes Ip will continue to discuss how to improve marital relationship and communication...
Husband and Wife – Lover? Enemy? (Part 1) – Presence Harmonious Family Series - Between a husband and a wife, what do you think is more likely to happen— to become lovers or to become enemies? The pandemic has changed routines and how married couples interact with one another which, in turn, has inevitably affected their relationship. If a couple becomes closer with each other, that is worthy of congratulations. However, more often than not, their relationship may get strained as they spend more time together…
Table for Two – Presence Harmonious Family Series - Monica Chan Yip The pandemic has caused lots of changes in my life, one of which is that it has made eating out a lot more difficult. I am somewhat disappointed, as I can no longer have monthly breakfast dates ... 
The Influence of Learning Styles on Our Marriage – Presence Harmonious Family Series - Felicia Fan Earlier this year, we took our 4th grade daughter to Presence to undergo their Learning Style and Multiple Intelligence assessment. Interestingly, the approach was to have both parents and the child take the same assessment. From the results, ... 
The Wife of a Fulfilled Husband – Presence Cares Series - Content by: Dr. Agnes Ip Transcribed by: Monica Chan-Yip We often ask men, “Do you understand your wife?” But what about ladies? Do you understand your husband? We sometimes hear wives complaining to their husbands, “Why don’t you understand me?” ... 
What is Love (Part 2) - Written by Christine Shen This is Part II of our series on “What is Love”. In the first part, writer Christine shared about the limitations of human love in a disappointed romantic relationship. In part two, she goes deeper to share ... 
What is Love (Part 1) - Written by Christine Shen In this two-part series of coming to understand love, we follow writer Christine’s personal journey and experiences that lead her to a deeper and fuller understanding of true love. As Christine touches on some of the ... 
Measures of Manhood - (Edited by Presence Editors; original article appeared in Presence Family Magazine, October 2011, 3rd Issue) Melvin Wong, Ph.D./Presence Editors The reality that a man faces as an adult in marriage and family is quite unique and challenging, having no experience that ...