There are times in the life of a long term relationship when you feel stuck. This doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the relationship; long term relationships have a natural ebb and flow to their energy. Most people don’t really understand that, and as the energy in the relationship ebbs, they fear that the end [...]

What role does jealousy play in relationships? When someone expresses jealousy in public, it tells me they are deeply insecure. They don’t trust their partner, and they don’t have high self-esteem. It also tells me they don’t have an identity for themselves outside of the relationship.

I often hear complaints from women that they don’t even know who they are anymore. They’ve been married for ten or twenty years, raised children, had careers, and somehow they’ve lost their core sense of self. They think the solution is to leave the relationship to find their true selves. What they are experiencing is [...]

How do you gauge your relationship? What metrics can you use to decide whether it’s worth trying to save? One of the most important gauges is this: when was the last time your partner made you laugh? Turns out, laughter is serious business. In marriage studies, researchers have found that wives who think their husbands [...]

I’m reading the new issue of Men’s Health as research for a business I’m starting with a friend, and there was an article about food and sex. Apparently, new research reveals that food is the ultimate sex toy. As Mario Batali says, “Food is the ultimate metaphor for sex. How else can you make someone happy by putting something inside of them?”