The pandemic has made many couples spend much more time together in the same space than ever before. The impact of the pandemic on couples has become an important issue for psychologists and couple therapists, and has received quite a bit of attention in the media. (As just two recent examples of media coverage, click on the following links: Sex gets… READ MORE>>
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The Pandemic: Emphasizing the Need and the Opportunity to Revitalize Relationships
Posted by on December 14, 2020
If You Have to Apologize: How to Show You Mean It
Posted by on February 23, 2020
It is strange how one can find wisdom in the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected times: I was standing in line in Costco, a place I go to for great produce at great prices, not expecting to find professional reading or life-coaching advice. On this particular day last week, the purpose of the trip was to purchase the… READ MORE>>
Intimacy as Spiritual Practice
Posted by on October 8, 2019
As Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement is upon us, we stop to take stock of our spiritual and interpersonal relationships. We acknowledge where we fell short of our ethical, emotional and relational ideals and standards, and we re-commit to strive to do better, to be our better self, to related more genuinely and more compassionately to others whose… READ MORE>>
“A League of Extraordinary Couples”: An online series of interviews about what makes relationships really work
Posted by on February 8, 2019
Recently a young woman, aware of the dysfunctional home she grew up in and determined to create a healthy and intimate relationship with her husband and a good family atmosphere for her children, asked me, “Do people who grow up in functional homes simply know how to have good relationships? How do they learn it?” Learning to communicate constructively, to… READ MORE>>