A Problem Shared with Anna Martin

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Should I put dating on hold for new baby?
"I want to date men again, but my son's girlfriend is pregnant and I don't know whether to put dating on hold."
Ex is hurting me and laughing in my face
"He texts and calls me at all hours of the day and night with nasty, hurtful and threatening things."
All I want is a quiet family Christmas
"How can I please everyone when I just want to have a quiet day with my partner and three children?"
My miserable mum is calling ME moody
"I feel so let down by her. I can't understand why she's done this to me."
I'm feeling left out of daughter's life
His mum is very good to her but I feel left out and that she is making all the decisions.
Did I see what I thought I saw?
I had to share this with someone. I don't know whether I'm right to think the worst.
What do I tell him about his dad?
How do I tell him his dad put drink and drugs before his family without painting an unfair picture?
I told my lying son I would walk away...
...now he's not calling me and I don't know what to do.
Virtual man helps me beat depression
Is it possible to feel something for two men at one time?
Should I travel without my baby?
"Apparently, it is wrong in their eyes to leave the baby so young to go away. I would be seen as a bad mother."
Daughter is incontinent at 10
"All the symptoms and situations lead me to believe its psychological."
Ex is trying to get our son
"I know he would turn him against me as he did with his ex girlfriend and their daughter."
He's left but he won't leave
"Should I ignore him, play him at his game or show I’m not bothered?"
He doesn't spend quality time with our son
"All his spare time he takes up for himself. He thinks being in the room is enough."
Worried about partner's impending redundancy
"We have just bought a brand new house that is stretching our budget"
I don't want to lose my alcoholic partner
I don't want to lose him, he's worth fighting for and if he gets the help he needs I know we can beat this.
Is it just a mid-life crisis?
Is it just a mid-life crisis, or the real unhappiness of someone who has been trying for too long to make an incompatible relationship work?
Pregnant, and worried about my doctor's response
The doctor was more interested in my religion than my previous pregnancies and said someone would contact me in six weeks or so.
My twin boy has a worrying temper
"He just can't seem to control his temper, and to cap it all he was called in to see the head teacher for fighting in the playground."
"I'm so depressed wth my situation"
I am becoming more and more depressed with life and find myself unable to look forward to anything.
They worship him but not me
"My elder two, aged 19 and 15, seem to put him on a pedestal and worship him and me somewhere down deep beneath their feet."
We want a third, but MIL says no
"my mother-in-law made it very clear that she would like it very much if he would be the last baby I had."
My daughter's best friend is a bully
“It doesn't help that I have had the same issue of lack of self-esteem in my teens onwards."
I get embarrassed when people look at her
"Children of her age group and a little older ask their mums, ‘Why is that girl strapped in, or on reins?’"
Why doesn't my daughter trust me?
"She accuses me of snooping. I genuinely don't."
How can I stop him being horrible to my children?
"My second husband is horrible to the children I had from my first marriage. And he's horrible to me."
I feel trapped and hurt and don't know what else to do
"My ex-husband is turning our daughter against me."
He won't leave me alone
“What do I do? I’m certain my ex is playing mind games with me."
5-year-old is proud to be naughty
"He wants to be the naughtiest in the class, he says he doesn't like me or my husband."
She's frightened of everything
“My daughter is 8 years old and worries about everything - she frets and scares herself with things."

Anna Martin is a qualified life coach and also an experienced listener to people's problems. If you would like a confidential consultation on personal coaching, you can contact her at mylifesupport.com.