I couldn’t wait for Thanksgiving. My second Thanksgiving in Orange County, California was all I thought about since my first Thanksgiving in Orange County. Friends, food, a family talent show with a $100 cash prize on the line. Thursday was going to be glorious. The downside was that Friday was going to be terrible. I’d […]
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How to Stay Married
“How To Stay Married,” is a web series that is actually the delicious appetizer to the book I am writing, “Take My Spouse Please: how the rules of comedy will keep your marriage happy, healthy and thriving!” (Shambhala Press, January 2015). After one particularly tough night with my husband, huddled up on the bed hugging a pillow, […]
Wordplay Wednesday: What If You Had to Really Give Your Heart Away?
A few months ago a friend and I were talking about fairy tales and how they always end after the first kiss – after the initial decision to be together. You never see the work it takes to keep a relationship together. We grow up with these romantic notions embedded in our consciousness but all […]
Embrace Your Sexual Fantasies for More Honest Living
By Beatty Cohan, MSW, LCSW In my 35 years as a practicing psychotherapist and sex therapist, I have treated hundreds of men and women of all ages and stages in life– both heterosexual and homosexual– whose problems have included depression, anxiety, early child sexual abuse, addictions of every kind and relationship and sexual problems. In all […]
When Too Much of a Good Thing Sours a Marriage
By: Sherrie Campbell, Ph.D. When we fall in love and meet that most amazing person for us, we feel as if we have finally come to a place where we can rest. It not easy to meet the right person to spend our lives with and the search can be long, disappointing and hard. When […]
Lessons from kayaking: Finding a Way to Be With Fear
Most of us spend a lot of our lives tensed up in fear, or pushing against fear. The fear might be fear of: Something going wrong Not being good enough Not being loved Losing something or someone we hold dear What fears do you live with? The key to being with fear is in contacting what […]
Is Jealousy Preventing You From Getting What You Want? (Part 1)
I’ve written many past articles about how emotions and thought patterns are associated with different energy frequencies. For instance, strong emotions like hate, anger, and disempowerment, are associated with lower energies (scientists can now actually measure energy frequencies associated with brain activity and emotions). We also know from the basic principles of law of attraction […]
Rethink How to Celebrate The Holidays
They’re back – The holidays. From mid to November to early January, many faiths and traditions celebrate. It has indeed the potential to be the most wonderful time of the year – a message that much of the music of the season shares with us. But with the extreme commercialism that has come to define […]
Is it Possible to Give Too Much?
I’m a giver. Being born with a giant heart, I’ve spent my life compassionately trying to help others whenever possible. When I see a group of kids standing outside the grocery store trying to raise funds for whatever cause, I always open my wallet. Same with those who show up at the doorstep. I’ve given […]
From Intent.com: I Intend to Love Without Expectation
I watch the people in my life chase after the elusive and I totally get it. But so much heartbreak is wrapped up in people not meeting your expectation- not saying the right words, not doing the right thing, not being in the right place at the right time. It’s unrealistic and it’s unfair. This […]
