When You’re Successful at Work but Failing at Love

When You’re Successful at Work but Failing at Love

.Successful you struggle with relationships. One of the main reasons this occurs is that the skills that drive career success—competitiveness, emotional detachment, and relentless goal-pursuit—can actually damage intimate connections.  Here’s a deeper look at...
Why Do Some People Never Grow or Change?

Why Do Some People Never Grow or Change?

 You know that person. That one individual who refuses to change their destructive ways. Even when it’s obvious to everyone else how much better their life could be if they did. Then, there’s that person whose life looks exactly the same now as it did 20 years ago....
The Relationship Advice That No One Gave Us

The Relationship Advice That No One Gave Us

What kind of relationship advice were you given?  Most of us were not taught anything, and others received really, just… bad advice.  Women especially got an extensive list of how to be desirable to a man—as if the goal is to just snag any Tom, Dick or Harry that...
What if a Struggling Couple Doesn’t Go to Therapy?

What if a Struggling Couple Doesn’t Go to Therapy?

If you feel like your relationship is falling apart you have two choices: The first is to ignore what’s happening, cross your fingers and hope it gets better.  The second is to go to couple’s counseling. These decisions are not created equally, however. One leads to a...
Managing the Different Parts of Us

Managing the Different Parts of Us

 We all face multiple decisions throughout the day. Go for a run, or plop on the couch with popcorn and the remote instead? Eat the leftovers in the fridge, or slide through the In-N-Out drive thru? Order an Americano, or get that Caramel Frappuccino? In those...
After the Affair: The Danger of Not Seeking Therapy

After the Affair: The Danger of Not Seeking Therapy

An affair leaves you on a rollercoaster. You cycle from being too angry to talk one moment to then just wanting to know, WHY?!  And the other person? They likely feel deeply ashamed and filled with self-hatred and regret. Worried that they may lose everything.  Yes,...