Well-Being
What is the essence of well-being? How can we cultivate it within our lives, our relationships, and ourselves? Well-being is not feeling “happy” nor is it feeling as if everything in our lives is just the way we want it to be. I have been reflecting a lot on this concept lately, trying to understand […]
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Math, Economics and Love
Saturday night a brilliant mind was killed in a car accident in New Jersey. John Nash was a mathematician at Princeton University who was portrayed in the 2001 Oscar winning film “A Beautiful Mind”. The movie highlighted not only Nash’s genius but his descent into paranoid schizophrenia and the painful impacts of this disease on […]
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Its all about the coffee
Recently, I was fortunate to spend time with my favorite young couple (let’s just call them J and A). As partners, J and A share many similarities: their love of travel and adventure, their love of the art of food (growing, cooking, savoring), their love of learning and their innate curiosity about the world. They […]
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Peace of Mind
“Peace of mind is not something we can bargain for. It has to be worked for. Disciplining the mind takes practice and conscious effort on a daily basis.” Sarah Kline, yoga instructor and therapist. I recently had a very humbling experience. The kind of humbling experience that really brings one to their knees. I was […]
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Surrender
Letting go, giving in, surrendering ourselves is often associated with being out of control. Many of us have created sophisticated strategies to avoid being out of control since it is feels so… well, out of control. We fool ourselves into thinking if we stick to our routines, our learned responses, and our tried and true […]
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Asking for Help
Recently, my husband and I embarked on a bathroom remodel. Our excitement about new fixtures, new tiles and updated aesthetics, quickly gave way to frustration and stress resulting from construction upheaval, unforeseen structural issues, and scheduling mishaps. Initially, we were able to manage the stress by continuing to keep as much to our schedule and […]
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The Gift of Eroticism
My favorite sex therapist in the whole world is Esther Perel. I am inspired by her intelligence, her thought provoking ideas, her infectious enthusiasm, and her wisdom about how to create vibrant, deep connections with self and another through our own eroticism… she is just a gem! Perel’s perspective emphasizes living fully engaged and celebrating […]
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Transformation
I spend my days helping couples in distress create vibrant and deeply connected relationships. Learning how to be an effective, confident couples’ therapist came from years of training AND… The two darkest moments of my life: The first was the death of my mother when I was 20 years old; the second was the death […]
Read More »Mutually Supportive and Authentic Relationships
I recently have been blessed with an opportunity to join a mentoring group. It is made up of therapists, like me, who desire to be the best they can be and contribute to the world in positive, transformative ways. The ways I have already benefited from this group are varied and hard to put into […]
Read More »Our Intuitive Self
It is so easy to lose touch with our natural rhythms and connection to our inner life and soul. Pressures and expectations from many different sources (family, cultural, religious, work) often pull us in the opposite direction of living from our true nature. Its easy to find ourselves focusing only on getting our interminable “to […]
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