It’s easy to recognize the value of literacy in our lives. Reading increases our access to education and broadens our social world. Reading develops emotional and mental strength that other modalities of sharing ideas and information cannot replicate. For example, watching a movie made from a book is a different experience than reading the book …
You have likely heard, or have been exposed to many health programs or healthy eating challenges. Does “The two-week juice cleanse” or “drop 20 pounds in two weeks” ring a bell? These challenges have some goal or “promise” stating that if you do this challenge you will get amazing results. Like the health food and …
The de-coupling process of divorce is a very difficult thing for most couples. Taking the time to process the loss and adapt to the lifestyle changes that accompany divorce can be individually painful and can feel like it takes a seemingly endless amount of time. Having children impacted, who may have limited understanding and capacity …
I recently came across this video by the School of Life. The video helps viewers understand the distance and cold we can sometimes feel for, or from, our partner. They don’t use the word attachment in the video. Attachment is the idea that humans are born with an innate ability and desire to attach to a caregiver. …
I saw a great quote the other day. It said, “Just because you are right does not mean I am wrong. You just haven’t seen life from my side.” This concept is very applicable in communication between partners. Even though most of us may not realize what we are doing, we often go into a …
I recently finished reading a book by one of my favorite authors, Atul Gawande, M.D., entitled Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End. In his book, Dr. Gawande primarily discusses decisions related to end of life care and outlines the differences between the medical, information-providing model of addressing these issues and newly emerging, …
Many couples come to therapy with the goal of communicating better. I have found that it is not a skill set that is lacking. They once knew how to communicate very well. They once did not feel like things were as hard to disclose and receive as they are at present. I want to share …
I’ve been seeing clients since 2009, so one might assume that when my own personal crisis (aka opportunity) struck, that I would have been first in line at the therapist’s office. NOPE! One the day of my first (scheduled) therapy appointment I was so afraid, that I didn’t even call to cancel. I did not …
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The New Year is a good time for making goals and reflecting on areas you can strengthen in your marriage. Have you thought working on affair proofing your marriage? Considering that your marriage is vulnerable to an affair isn’t something most people want to think about. Although, Dr. Ofer Zur from the Zur Institute states, …
We are at the end of the year, and it is the time we take stock of the year with what we have accomplished and what we would like to do differently. There is so much that can happen in a year and it seems like our resolutions are made from the anxiety that comes …
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