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Pat O’Connor discusses how understanding your beliefs about conflict will help you address conflict more directly, with positive benefits...

AUTHOR Suleika Jaouad DATE OF PUBLISH 2021 SYNOPSIS A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s...

Watch Pat O’Connor discuss how the recently enacted Intergenerational Business Transfer Bill C-208 could impact the future of your Family...

Read the article Getting Started with Family Governance here.

There are countless horror stories out there from families who experienced the death of a loved one only to have that pain compounded by...

The “Green Box” is really a metaphor for a designated place to keep all your important planning documents so that people then know where...

Watch Pat O’Connor express the importance of having your estate documents in order. Read more about Clarifying What Estate Documents You...

Full disclosure, I have never seen Field of Dreams, but I know the signature line “build it and they will come”. I’ve been thinking about...

At Blackwood, we utilize a tool called a genogram to help us understand the relationships and connections in each client family....

Imagine you had to fill an empty jar with rocks, gravel, and sand. There are many ways you could approach this with varying levels of...

Co-authored with Caitilin O'Connor The O’Connor family has always loved a good board game. During the pandemic, we find ourselves dusting...

There’s a funny joke that says 90% of being married is just shouting, ‘What?!’ from other rooms. While that’s funny, and perhaps slightly...

When I was a kid, my siblings and I would play Monopoly for hours barely knowing the rules. We had some vague understanding of the game,...

In some ways, a family is like a small company with everyone working together to create a positive culture and support successful family...

When I was in my early twenties, I was attending university and still living at home. One day, my mother and I got into a screaming match...

I am not cheap, I’m frugal; yes, there’s a difference. Often when people think of saving money or having to pinch pennies, they think of...

Dr. Grubman is a clinical psychologist who works with some of North America's most affluent families, helping them to negotiate the many...

This is a tool that I have developed to assist my clients as they are preparing their wills. The standard will states that in the event...

The concept of ‘social investing’ is not new. We have seen many versions of this over the years, starting with what was also called...