Everybody in the United States is terribly aware the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day -- the floral and greeting card industries won’t let you forget it. Mother's Day is big business. (Whether people ...
When I first talk to people about couples therapy, I usually ask: "Do you drink alcohol? Does your partner?" and if so, "How much?" I also ask whether they use other mind-altering drugs and intoxicants. ...
I gave in. I signed up for Match.com again. Awesome new men were not appearing in my life without any effort on my part, so I decided to try online dating again.
Online dating ...
Currently, I am interested in two men. Neither is viable as my new boyfriend. Dating in my 30s is different than dating in my 20s. I am able to more accurately assess ...
I have now heard it said by a few different people: Facebook is over. The social networking tool that the world fell in love with has become so thoroughly embraced that it is ...
"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 ...
The sullen 12-year-old girl who is curled up in the corner of my office couch is on a roll:
“My parents’ divorce ruined everything. They make me do things they would never do. I ...
If you're reading this website, you've probably heard the term emotional intelligence before, but you may not know exactly what it is. And even if you know what it is, you may not really have ...
My 10-year-old son was bullied recently. He was told that he was an “embarrassment.” He was told to “shut up.” He was yelled at and scolded in a tone of voice tinged with disgust and ...
When divorce is an obvious solution to a disastrous marriage, it’s easier for kids to understand. If either parent is abusive to partner and kids, an addict whose habit has thrown the family into poverty, ...
Last night I got TCBY’d: A man I had been dating asked me to return my shirts.
Yes, TCBY’d is not a real word or term. It’s something my friends and I use to ...
The Christmas season is upon us once again, and once again we find ourselves balancing between our work or studies, hanging out friends, scheduling time ...
My local newspaper recently ran a story about how Facebook.com can ruin people's romantic relationships. The argument was that the site makes it too easy to get back in touch with former "significant ...
When I was a kid, my mom would sometimes go to see a therapist. This was back when there was an actual building for health care that was simply called “HMO.” All of ...
Sometimes when you go through a rough phase in your life, something happens to show you that the phase has ended and you’ve moved on. I’ve just had this experience and am overjoyed to ...