Fighting on the holidays? This post is about how to avoid fighting on the holidays with your significant other. I share a few simple steps you need to take in order to make the most of those special, high pressure days on the calendar, when you and your partner are supposed to blissfully get along, […]
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The Best Valentine’s Day Present You Can Give
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Today I’m going to be talking about the best V-Day gift that you can give – whether it’s to yourself if you’re single, or to your partner if you have one. That present isn’t chocolates, roses or even diamonds, but it’s the gift of awareness and presence. Let me explain. So […]
Which one of these relationship patterns is yours?
Relationship patterns Couples in trouble often question if maybe they made the wrong decision in committing to their partner. They wonder if they were never really compatible or whether they will ever be able to have the same style of communication. More likely than not, these couples find themselves at the mercy of destructive relationship […]
Life’s especially chaotic? 5 Easy Rituals to Keep Your Connection With Your Partner
So many busy couples wind up in distress and disconnected from each other because everything else is a priority but their relationship. As an NYC psychologist, I often wind up seeing couples who have lost each other in the chaos of the rest of life. Work, kids, school, even friends – people are weighed down […]
Should therapists play cupid?
A really interesting article was published in the New York Times this week, “Should therapists play cupid?” Check it out here. Basically, the author, a psychiatrist, discusses his own temptations to set up his patients with each other, or even with other people in his life. He acknowledges that doing this sort of thing would […]
Top 9 danger signs of a relationship in trouble…and what you can do about them
Is your relationship in trouble? John Gottman, PhD, is a leading psychologist in the area of marriage and relationships. Over the years, he has researched countless couples and has been able to predict with surprising accuracy which relationships survive and which fail. I know you are busy and may not have time to read his […]