John Cassis, a well known motivational speaker, once said, “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.” That’s easy to remember when life is good, but it’s more important to remember when you’re faced with a challenge. Especially when that challenge is in your romantic relationship, when the tendency is to [...]

As I was bopping around on the internet today, procrastinating about writing my blog, I noticed a lot of articles about why people cheat.  Most of them were focused on why men cheat, which I found strange since women cheat nearly as often as men.  Dr. Erica Goodstone, one of my fellow experts on YourTango, [...]

It’s no secret that times are tough. I just heard that we’re heading toward continued slow times, but no double dip recession. I’m not sure that’s all such reassuring news; I think the average person is still experiencing life as financially austere.

There’s a curious phenomenon that happens in the waning days of a marriage.  I’ve talked with several friends and clients who’ve corroborated my observation.  Women who are unhappy in their marriage fall under the delusion that having a baby, or another baby, will save their marriage. My advice:  cross your legs, ladies! 

One of the most common reason marriages fail is because of sex.  Either one person has an affair, or they fall into a rut of little, zero or really boring sex and they finally can’t take it any longer.  Most of the time, it’s a matter of assumed monogamy.  This assumption of monogamy, it turns [...]