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Can we please just stop, now? It is a familiar scene for me, when a couple shows up asking for help AND certain about who is the problem in…
One dialogue, three books, one experience, and one poem – here are some different ways to engage with your embodied life and intimate connection to your partner. An intimacy…
Category: Couples, Marriage, Relationship, Communication, Intimacy
June 4, 2024
Emotional regulation is hard Anger is a basic human emotion and a normal adaptive response to threats. But it can be destructive to our health and relationships if we…
Wedding season has arrived! During the months of May through October, a magical event occurs: two individuals choose to embark on their lifelong journey as partners in a sacred…
Relationships matter A 75-year old Harvard longitudinal study of 724 men revealed three big lessons about relationships: Social connections are really good for us, and loneliness kills. The quality…
How are you feeling right now? Not sure? You’re not alone. Though it might seem almost unbelievable that some people don’t know what they’re feeling, emotion identification is actually…
Social media has ingrained itself into the daily lives of most teenagers, with 95% of 13–17-year-olds using one or more social media platforms for an average of 9 hours…
“And so as I walk under the deep, glittering twilight, the snow crunching under my boots, deep, frozensnow, as thought I were breaking through the glass covering a hot…
Social connection has healing effects In 2023, the surgeon general declared loneliness and isolation an epidemic in America. Feelings of loneliness and isolation increase our risk for physical and…
Category: Anxiety, Relationship, Group Therapy, Family, Depression, Grief
March 5, 2024
Guidelines for Joining In contemporary digital interactions, explicit guidelines often accompany our participation in listservs and social platform groups. Rules of Engagement typically advocate: for maintaining focus on the…
New Year, New Goals I am not keen on making resolutions. Not annual ones and not seasonal ones. And, my husband often says that I am one of the…
I’m going through a breakup, and I am feeling all the things that go along with the end of a relationship. Anger. Confusion. Despair. Isolation. But on top of…
