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When I broke my back this year, I spent many months in bed, staring out a three-foot-wide window at tiny slices of tree, bush, and sky. The view never varied except for droplets of rain, splashes of sun, dustings of snow, and the occasional…

My parents once told me that when I was young, my pediatrician would walk into the exam room smoking. He apparently just strolled in with a cigarette hanging from his lips and a stethoscope around his neck. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Times…

Forget the myth of perfect, static balance. We're constantly bombarded with the idea of juggling work, relationships, and self-care, but the truth is, it's exhausting. What if there were a better way? Enter the pendulum lifestyle, a…

Do you occasionally feel like you become a different person around your partner? Does it seem like he or she has to change—or that you’ll have to change partners—for you to be your true self? Do you take turns acting like stubborn…

In a recent dream consultation, my client Naomi wanted to understand a couple of dreams she'd just had. In the first, her mother got on a plane, determined to fly away although she was naked. Later that same night, Naomi dreamed that her…

In relationships, the vast majority of us draw lines around the places where we’re receptive to sharing our feelings and where we’re not. But what influences whether we’re open to divulging what we feel or lean toward keeping our…

If real life was a rom-com, your relationship would go something like this: The ultimate meet-cute would have you locking eyes and knowing in your soul that they’re The One from the first “hello.” Cut to a montage of baking together…

Fortunately for me and others who treat distressed couples, those who come for treatment do so because the flame of hope still flickers. Encouragingly, however fragile or ephemeral their hope may be, it can be readily bolstered by helping…

According to Mental Health America’s August 2024 report on the State of Mental Health in America: “The nation’s youth continue to present cause for concern. One in five young people from ages 12-17 experienced at least one major…

One of the strongest psychological forces is people’s resistance to change. Whether it is a change at work, such as a new boss or new process, or a personal change, such as a need to exercise to lose weight and improve health, there is a…