I often get questions from people who have found themselves trying to save relationships that have gone awry. Often it’s a case where one individual isn’t getting everything that they are seeking in a relationship and they end up banging their head up against the wall constantly trying to change the other person to be [...]

Recently I had a few questions asking whether it was worthwhile to open up an online dating account. Is it possible to meet some decent people or is it all just a scam and waste of time and money? Personally, I have experimented with online sites a bit and honestly, it’s a mixed bag and [...]

We just came out of the holiday time of year, where unless you are a hermit living in a cave somewhere, there is probably someone to whom you had to give a gift. Coupled with a terrible economy, it might be tough to find a very nice gift that doesn’t cost a lot, especially if [...]

I’ve been recently doing a lot of reading on psychology and personality. There are various ways of categorizing personality types and most studies show that there is a higher likelihood of relationship success if both individuals have similar personality types. Perhaps the most well-known and important test is the MBTI or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The [...]

Maintaining a good relationship is a constant balancing act- you have to constantly shift from being in the flow and enjoying your partner’s company to being able to step outside of the relationship and objectively evaluate it. Both are absolutely necessary. You cannot adequately be present for your partner unless you are able to live [...]

I’ve gotten a lot of letters from people who are dealing with painful issues from the past, and are struggling to finally move past them and look forward to a much more enjoyable present and future. Often these painful issues seem of such magnitude, that often they seem insurmountable.  Obviously, dealing with painful wounds is [...]

Right now there is a raging debate in the mental health community about the root cause of mental illness. Psychiatrists, who are trained as medical doctors, obviously see in a mostly medical light, as something of biochemical origin. Psychoanalysts, on the other hand, see symptoms such as depression and anxiety as having a basis in [...]

As we all go through our required elementary and high school educations, we are exposed to a great variety of different subjects, from government and civics to physics and biology. Probably the most important subjects we learn are in the very first grade- reading, writing and basic arithmetic. Beyond that, a lot of the subjects [...]

Enter the world of dating and you will find a lot of anxiety, particularly from the ladies, about attractiveness and the role of appearance in the successes and failures of their love lives.  We all know that physical beauty draws other people to you more readily and that being physically attractive makes it easier to [...]

There is a new reality show on TV called Hitched or Ditched…. I thought I saw everything but this takes the cake. In this show, a long-term commitment-phobic couple is being thrown a wedding and has one week to decide whether they’ll go through with it or break up. I’ve seen other shows screw with [...]