Maintaining Calm During Quarantine: How Relationships Can Beat the Stress
In a world of social-distancing and Covid-19 quarantines, where families will are spending extended periods of time together in close quarters, it is reasonable to expect mounting stress levels. While...
Before I was a Marriage Therapist, I was a Rabbi
Twenty years ago, like most new seminary graduates, young and idealistic, I found myself a newly-minted rabbi eager and excited to enter the helping profession. Armed with extensive training in...
Coping with Stress
Why do we get so paralyzed by stress? Have you ever seen a squirrel try to impress its friends? Of course not. Animals live with a very clear and perfectly-programmed...
When Nagging Ruins a Relationship
In my work with couples, it is fairly common to observe many marital stereotypes. This includes the witch of a wife being an overbearing figure who can never be pleased....
Discovering the Secret to Happiness: Just Look Inside
When it comes to thrill rides or risk taking – I’m the guy that is always off to the side. I am the most risk-averse person you’ll meet. Ironically, however,...
Who Needs relationships when you have a Phone? The Truth about phone addiction
The traffic light turns red and the row of cars slowly crawl to a stop. It turns green and then red once again, but strangely, not a single car moves....
Marital Fights: How to Easily Rebound and Make Up
For many couples, what starts off as a simple miscommunication often evolves into a disagreement. Before long, it turns into a dispute, followed by a full-blown fight. By the time...
Breaking My Silence: A Kidney Donor Speaks Up
You’re at Starbucks during your lunch break when you realize you’ve forgotten your wallet at your desk. Feeling embarrassed, you turn to the coworker standing behind you on line and...
Building Intimacy in a Digital World
Do you prefer to text, rather than call? It seems that most of our daily communication today comes in written form. Why do we prefer to text and email people,...
Finding Yourself in a Disappointing Marriage: How to Cope
In 2007, we were transformed from a world with no iPhones to a world in which every person was carrying this brilliant little device. While it was not perfect, it was like...