About John Amodeo, PhD

John Amodeo, PhD, MFT, is the author of the award-winning book, Dancing with Fire: A Mindful Way to Loving Relationships. His other books include The Authentic Heart and Love & Betrayal. He has been a licensed marriage and family therapist for forty years in the San Francisco Bay area and has lectured and led workshops internationally, including at universities in Hong Kong, Chile, and Ukraine. He was a writer and contributing editor for Yoga Journal for ten years and has appeared as a guest on CNN, Donahue, and New Dimensions Radio. For more information, articles, and free videos, visit his website at: www.johnamodeo.com.

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Articles by John Amodeo, PhD:

• The Fallacy of Positive and Negative Emotions 

• Why People Might Not Like You

• Do You Feel Shame about Being Single?

• The Perils of Overconfidence

• Do You Have Too Much Self-Doubt — or Not Enough?

• Are You Able to Receive or Are You Just Taking?

• How Shame Shapes Our False Self

• Are You Being Constrained by an Unrecognized Emotion?

• Staying Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Being Alone

• You are Special, Just Like Everyone Else!

• Adapting to Change in Difficult Times

• Buddhist Psychology, Shame, and the Coronavirus Crisis

• 2 Subtle Ways to Validate Your Partner and Friends

• Tips for Couples to Thrive During the Coronavirus Crisis

• Is It Important to Say “Please” and “Thank You” to Your Partner?

• Healing the Wounds of Betrayal 

• How the Coronavirus Helps Us Understand the Buddhist View of Our Interdependence

• Being Ashamed of Our Shame

• Self-Care as a Foundation for Love

• 4 Potent Ingredients for Deepening Intimacy

• RAIN: A Mindful Way to Process Our Feelings

• Somatic Psychology: The Benefits of Being in Our Body

• The Issues Are in Our Tissues: Focusing as a Somatic Approach to Therapy

• 3 Key Ingredients for Mature Love

• Finding a Balance Between Saving the World and Savoring It