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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...