Therapy and Rehabilitation

March 27, 2025

My Daughter Doesn’t Want Me to Walk Her Down The Aisle

I’m heartbroken that she chose him over me. My 37-year-old daughter is getting married for a second time. It’s a church wedding and traditions are in […]
March 13, 2025

Grandparent Doesn’t Agree With ‘Gentle Parenting’

Her mother’s lack of discipline is turning the 10-year-old into a brat, and I’m worried about her future. My stepdaughter has been a single mother for […]
February 27, 2025

Help! I’m Insecure and Don’t Trust My Partner

His interactions with other women make me spiral. At age 66, I’m finally in a wonderful relationship with an attentive, loving and kind man, but I’m […]
April 15, 2024

‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’ and Sibling Birth Order: Does it Matter?

“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it? In a TikTok video that has been watched more […]
April 10, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg and Jen Poyant and Pat McCusker, Marion Lozano, Carole Sabouraud, Rowan Niemisto, Diane Wong and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘At the heart […]
January 13, 2024

Visiting Mom in Rehab

And she’s not exactly following the rules. It was January 2015, and all anyone could talk about was Ebola, Boko Haram, and Charlie Hebdo. I was […]
January 9, 2024

To Prepare for Psychedelic Therapy, Doctors Breathe Their Way to an Altered State

The instructions were simple: Lying on cots while wearing eyeshades, participants were directed to take deep belly breaths without pause to the beat of fast-paced music […]
May 19, 2023

My Spectacular Betrayal

We had compromised in our marriages, denied parts of ourselves, often felt lonely, but who didn’t? Weren’t we happy enough? I was sitting at DK Donuts […]
April 21, 2023

Couples Therapist, Heal Thyself

Sometimes it’s easier to help others face marital conflict than to do it yourself. I decided to get a puppy. To prepare, I created a spreadsheet […]
November 9, 2021

I Have to Believe John Sarno's Book Cured My Chronic Pain

I Have to Believe This Book Cured My Pain <!– local asset –> The Pain Brain I Have to Believe This Book Cured My Pain <!– […]