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Here I post articles and practical exercises for couples who wish to improve their marriage or relationship.
How To Stop Needing To Be Right All The Time
Introduction Personally, I have been very troubled by the deep divides that currently exist in many...
Every Mother’s Day, Our Culture Puts Motherhood on a Pedestal
As a Mom, and I speak for the millions of other Moms, I know that the real work of motherhood can be a daily grind – the worrying, the guilt, the concerns and the fears (not to mention the headaches). We make mistakes, plenty of them. Why? Because Motherhood can be...
WHEN ONE OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIEND’S DIES
When I spoke to Linda on Christmas day, that version of me could not possibly know the loss I was about to experience 6 weeks later in February, when she died of Covid 19. Of course, I know that none of us is invincible, and that experiencing loss binds all human...
Everything You Want To Know About Sex During The Pandemic
Can Coronavirus spread through sex? Well, No--and--Yes, the experts tell us. Can one stay 6 feet apart from their partner with a mask on and have great sex? Mmmmm. My single clients often ask me if it is safe to start a new relationship or to have safe sex in an era...
Life Lessons We Can Learn from the Elderly
Why write a blog about the elderly? Most of us don’t like to think about aging. In fact, we try to avoid it. However, I have discovered that this view about the elderly is needlessly negative and that, in fact, the oldest people can teach all of us, regardless of age,...
Feeling Your Feelings Makes You Stronger
I grew up in a family of rational, left-brained people. I prided myself on keeping my emotions in check and remaining cool and collected. Then, anxiety struck me with a vengeance, and I ended up on an analyst’s couch 3 days a week in my early 20’s. My client, Joe, who...
Hope: My Gift To You In 2021
Introduction Years ago, I lost my ability to hope. I had sustained a major loss, and the pain seemed unmanageable. I waited and waited, hoping the agony would evaporate. Just at the point where I could see no way out, I looked up at the blue sky and saw Hope. The sky...
The Pandemic Thanksgiving
I think most of us can agree that 2020 has been a year we won’t look back on fondly. Rather, it’s a year that we’re all collectively just trying to get through. Our lives are different, internally and externally, due to the devastation of the pandemic. If you are...
The Art of Listening
Introduction One would profoundly hope that the Coronavirus, a killer disease, would “bring us together” as a nation. Instead, it has served less to unite us than to underscore what divides us. Reading daily about this deepening, widespread national polarization has...
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