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As a teenager, I was a little…lost. I couldn’t figure out what to do with my frizzy hair or my big nose, and I had this incredibly unhealthy instinct…
Recently, a wife of a man in one of my men’s groups said, “Dr. Siegel did you sprinkle pixie dust on my husband? He’s even better than the man…
Sometimes therapy for sex issues is unsuccessful because the couple has sought couples therapy and not sex therapy. When they have not seen any change or found the outcome that…
I Am a Proponent of ConnectionI have always been more of an observer than a talker, yet I have been having some difficult conversations lately on the topic of…
Desperate TimesJust when we thought it was safe enough to live again, all of our hope, optimism, and relief were rudely yanked away. Just like that, we are back…
Though they might use different words to express it, philosophers, religious figures, and psychologists appear to agree that the perfect is the enemy of the good–that unrealistic expectations are…
What is going on with couples in Covid, a year and a half later?We begin to glimpse what some would call “normalcy” as offices and businesses reopen and pandemic…
Would you like to get a cup of coffee?That moment when he first walked over to me, my heart was pounding. I can still see myself all of these…
I imagine today’s generation of young people being asked this question by their children in the next generation. This is a historic moment, one that will be a point…
Just mean or “no filter?”Has someone ever said something incredibly insulting to you and when you became offended, they (or someone else), said that person was either “blunt,” “a…
Huh, maybe we are grieving losses.Recently, I got together with a therapist friend, (indoors, at a restaurant, both of us fully vaccinated!), to catch up. Eventually, we came around…
Breaking the Cycle of Punishment and Fear: Teaching Children to Problem Solve There are two big problems with punishing children. First, it is a bad model for problem-solving. It…
