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Couples Facing Finances in Lean Times

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

When I was a new therapist, I thought the hardest thing for couples to talk about would be their sex life. Not so. As long as neither one is cheating, talking about sex ...

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Breaking Up? Blame the Chick Flicks!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

My 20-year-old daughter tells me she thinks the reason so many young relationships fail is because of the “chick flicks.” You know: Those movies where the focus is entirely on the heady romance between a ...

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Who Said It’s Not Your Affair?: Part 2

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

No one is immune to an affair. They can happen in any marriage and - according to some research - do in up to 45 percent of them. Luckily, most marriages survive beyond ...

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Who Said It’s Not Your Affair? Part 1

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

When politicians make the headlines for having an affair, people often respond by taking the moral high ground. Though affairs of ordinary people do not make it into the news, the truth is that any ...

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Too Much Togetherness Solution: A Hat

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

As a child I remember my great aunt saying irritably, “I promised you ‘for better or for worse’ but not for lunch!” ...

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Outlawed by Your In-laws

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Numerous marital problems can be traced to habitual boundary difficulties between mothers and sons which spill over into the man’s relationship with his spouse. Management of the mother-son relationship from earliest days establishes patterns ...

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Meta-communication: What I Said Isn’t What I Meant

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

"We're not communicating." The woman on the phone thinks she has told me why she and her husband of only a year want to come in for therapy. "Does your husband agree?" I ask. "He thinks ...

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Ricochet: The Truth About PTSD

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Some of you may have read the article "Ricochet: My shot made Joseph Dwyer famous. Did it also help lead to his death?" If you haven't, you might want to. It's about this young ...

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Showing Children How To Love: A Year-Round Gift

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

"How did you know your parents loved each other?" Looking for material for a Valentine's Day story, I took a poll of adult friends as we sat around waiting for our kids to get out ...

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Eating Too Quickly May Encourage Weight Gain

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Researchers studying food behavior have discovered that eating too quickly may be an important contributor to becoming overweight. Eating quickly previously has been linked to a higher body mass index, according to Prof. Hiroyasu ...

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My World of HPV

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is everywhere. It is the planet’s most common sexually transmitted infection. You don’t need to have intercourse to get it and it can be transmitted by skin rubbing on ...

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Fathering in America: What’s a Dad Supposed to Do?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Americans seem more confused than ever about the role of fathers in children's lives. On the one hand, more and more fathers are absent for all or significant periods of time. According to the ...

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Fairness and Reciprocity in Friendships

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

My friend Richard shook his head as he told me the story of his latest visit with his mother, Harriet, now in her late 80's. "I'd really like to see Mildred," she said. "So why don't you ...

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Legal Issues for Cohabiting Couples

Monday, May 5th, 2008

You and your partner have decided to live together. Whether you see it as an alternative to marriage or as a temporary arrangement, it's important to understand your legal rights and responsibilities. You may see ...

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Are Your ‘Money Myths’ Holding You Back?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

According to social learning theory, our attitude toward money is learned behavior that is passed from generation to generation. Money hoarders live by the phrase "but I might need it someday" and resist spending, sometimes ...

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