This pandemic has been hard on so many people — both individually, and as couples and families. I, like many[…]
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The Pandemic and Pressing “Reset” on Online Dating
If you are like so many people trying to find love through online dating or internet dating, you are not[…]
Read morePandemic Dating? How About Sharing Your Vax Status?
Throughout this pandemic, discussions around COVID safety and vaccinations have been quite polarizing — to the point of ending friendships. […]
Read moreShopping to Soothe COVID Anxiety and Boredom?
The role of ‘emotions‘ in how, when, where, and how often we shop, is well documented. Thoughts about a brand[…]
Read moreDivorce Rates up Amid Pandemic
When the pandemic first hit, some lawyers were already predicting a rise in divorce rates. 24-7 — even with people[…]
Read moreA Guide to Happiness? Comes at a Good Time
What better time for those in the Northern Hemisphere particularly, with a COVID winter on the horizon, to be thinking[…]
Read moreDating, Cheating, Texting: Navigating in and out of Online Dating
I have noticed a casual (and often insensitive) familiarity in the way people are engaging with each other on online[…]
Read moreThe Pandemic and Male Privilege
Women in heterosexual relationships have long been writing (and complaining) about the emotional impact of male privilege and inequality on[…]
Read moreFamily Estrangement: Common and Stigmatizing
I’ve written several times about estrangement in families. It is a relatively common issue I see in my psychotherapy and[…]
Read moreFinally – Moving away from Medical Weight Shaming
It’s about time! While physician attitudes and biases toward and around gender identity, sexuality, mental health have evolved (and varied)[…]
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