Archive for the 'Relationships' Category

Why We Cheat

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

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, [...]

Get Your Head Out of the Sand!

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

It amazes me how often people like to pretend they’re ostriches.  They spend their lives being miserable and trying to hide the fact that they’re miserable.  They’re trying to hide it from themselves. 

Relationship Archetypes

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

I’ve been thinking about archetypes in relationships a lot lately, mostly because I’ve been witnessing some interesting dynamics play out with friends and clients.  The thing is, dissension between archetypes in a relationship plays out when somebody (or both somebodies) isn’t taking responsibility for their actions.

5 Cheap Dates

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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.

The Reasons We Get Involved

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

There are many reasons we get into relationships, and the real reason is almost never what we think it is.  Instead, we feel a sexual attraction, we find that we have some things in common with the object of of our attraction, and we end up in a relationship.