Do you have physical complaints and keep going to the doctor, who tells you there’s nothing wrong with you? If this keeps happening to you, you probably have somatic symptoms that often are related to trauma. Keep reading then. What Are Somatic Symptoms and How Common Are They? Somatization is basically any physical symptom that […]
Your brain is your biggest sex origin so there is no way to have a conversation about improving any part of your sex life that does not begin with how you think, how you feel and how you communicate your needs. There are almost an infinite number of ways to improve your sex life and […]
Late last year when I decided to look for a book club, I was thinking about fiction. What I found was a book club for therapists and the first book for this year was “Science for Sexual Happiness.” I thought it would be perfect to look at sex and intimacy in February. Whether you are single or […]
So by this time of the year, the end of January where your resolutions have had time to be tested. Yesterday, I ran into a lady from my gym who said she hadn’t been in a couple of weeks because work has been too busy for her. That’s the thing about our goals, they are quickly interrupted […]
Talk of change is everywhere this time of year; more adds for workout equipment and gym memberships, weight loss programs and meal prep services, dating apps and jewelry commercials. And how many of those products are left abandoned in a corner gathering dust or totally forgotten about by March? Most of them. This year, if you sincerely want […]
I believe in change!!! If I didn’t, I would totally be in the wrong business. But I have long been on a one-person mission to discourage people from New Year resolutions because resolutions so often don’t work and end up making people feel worse than they felt before they started. They are all too often based on […]
Most of the stories we have out ourselves and the world around us have root in our families of origin. Some of these stories are good and help us build meaning in our lives. Then there are the negative stories that we struggle with until we learn to rewrite them. This time of year when we are spending […]
We all do it. When decide that our morning meeting or drive home or visit to the grocery store is going to go a certain way and we get upset when it does not go as planned. Each of us carries around a lot of stories, some good, some bad. We have stories about what it was […]
Welcome to the ‘eating season!’ It is in full swing. While I hear people sharing their plans for Thanksgiving, we are talking about the food we will all eat. The talk and temptation of food coupled with cold temperatures that encourage us all to stay indoors, make food and eating all the more alluring to snuggle up to. It’s […]