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How to Navigate Other’s Emotions as a Sensitive Person Maybe you were born more sensitive to others’ feelings or grew up in an...

“Save the ladies, not the boobies,” says my thirty-three year old best friend about breast cancer awareness. She undergoes chemotherapy...

Loss can feel like a cruel teacher. It not only points to the holes in your life, but also the other holes that never feel like they will...

In my previous article, I talked about nurturing the self as you would a child. This isn’t to say that you would infantilize yourself,...

I too want to scream when someone says that money can’t buy you happiness. I want to say, “But let me try!”, but many have tried and...

Imagine for a moment, a new born baby or an innocent toddler trying to grow and be in the world. All s/he really wants is to be safe,...

The hardest part about dating is the “dating game” which often creates more harm than good. There are the social norms of not harassing...

I am really quite tired of reading the “20 seconds to a Happier You” articles. Mostly, emotions are far more complicated and deeper...

There is so much in a kiss: pleasure, intimacy, and connection. The mouth is built to receive and express. The lips, the door way of the...

As a therapist, I will tell you a big secret – the most important question I ask is “How did that make you feel?” Yeah—a running joke for...

How Trauma Enters and Leaves the Body What Are Forms of Trauma? When people ask me what trauma is, I tell them that there is “Trauma” and...

How to Know You are Ready and Willing to ‘Have Kids’… or NOT! This is not a piece about how hard it is to be a parent. This is about what...

How to have a child-full (versus childless) life without having kids. Being a Marriage and Family Therapist, random people have asked me...

Top 10 Ways to Ruin Your Sex Life Number one, Treat intercourse and orgasm as the key to enjoying sex. Number two, Shame yourself or...

14 Ideas on How to REALLY Make Love Making love= Sex+Presence+Embodiment+Openness+Curiosity+Intimacy Share fantasies without...

How to Stop Hating Dating in 3 Steps (with elaboration) Step 1. Stop treating dating and finding a partner like a job. In other words,...

I always say that when two people get married there are three things you need to consider. You, the other person, and the relationship...