Parenting is… hard. As the father of three, I get it. Issues with parenting can occur anytime and anywhere – morning, evening, middle of the night, at home, while driving, in your local mall. Parental anxiety and the conflicts which emerge from it can pose real problems for parents and children. In addition, our role as parents has many ...read more
7 Signs Your Relationship May Be Faltering and How to Get It Back On Track
If you are beginning to feel like your relationship is fading, you may want to take a look at a few of these possible symptoms. While it can be painful to be in this situation, your relationship doesn’t have to be doomed! Elite Daily interviewed me on possible signs of a waning relationship and what you can do about it. If you are in a ...read more
How to Create the Best Possible First Day Back to School for Your Child…and You!
Parents, before you start doing your celebration dance with the kids going back to school, make sure you have your ducks in order, physically, mentally and emotionally, so both you and the kids are prepared before the first big day. And I know many of you may have already gone back to school, but it’s never too late to have these conversations ...read more
Dating Anxiety in The Age of Tinder
There are so many singles I see in my practice who struggle with dating. It’s one of the most talked about issues among my clients. Some feel anxious and confused about the whole dating scene. So, let’s start with some of the basics. First, here’s some information about anxiety in general. About 18% of American adults have been diagnosed with an ...read more
How Do You Know When It’s Not Right to Trust Your Gut
Do you always and should you always trust your gut? Has your gut always been right? ...or all too often wrong? Bustle reached out to me for an interview about these gut-wrenching and mind-bending questions that people sometimes struggle with. I hope you find it helpful. Please feel free to contact me if you are currently dealing with this ...read more
How to Know If You Are Marrying the Wrong Person
One of the biggest things that happen in our lives is finding a mate and getting married. This event is a pivotal moment for many people, and something they look forward to long before the event happens. Getting married can also be stressful and scary. But if you have the right partner along for the ride, then things should still be fun and ...read more
The Wisdom of Crying
The issue of crying often comes up for many of my clients. So many feel a stigma associated with crying – even crying alone, crying with another, and especially crying in a public setting. Somehow there is the erring belief that the human act of crying implies that we are weak. I challenge this belief. It could not be more false. Crying is an ...read more
9 Tips for Texting and Dating
Texting is a part of modern life and it’s particularly important when dating. It’s not uncommon these days for some budding relationships to spend hours on the phone having full-blown conversations via text. However, when a relationship is starting to flower things can get lost in text translation. So, there may be some texting etiquette to keep ...read more
The Importance of a Strong Father-Daughter Relationship
Over the past few decades, there has been a parental paradigm shift, particularly with fathers and daughters. Fathers are no longer only “the bank” or the “strong silent type,” but now play an integral part in their daughter’s development into womanhood. With Father’s Day quickly approaching, I thought I would share a post from Redbook where I ...read more
5 Signs You’re In A Great Relationship
Theodore Roosevelt once said that comparison was the thief of joy. If you are the kind of person that compares your relationship with friends, family, and social media strangers, you'll want to take a look at this. You’ll find some very common things that so many great relationships have in common. I was recently interviewed by Elite ...read more
Taking Care of Your Mental Health AND Your Relationship
Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, I thought it would be good to share an article from Bustle where I was recently interviewed about how to talk to your partner about your mental health. Sharing your experience with anxiety or depression with someone you’re in a relationship with can be daunting. This article offers a number of things ...read more
11 Tips to Help You Cope with Rejection
This is going to be one of the deepest dives I have ever done on almost any other blog I have ever written. That’s because feelings of rejection are one of the most common, powerful, and confusing emotional experiences any of us can have. This subject simply doesn’t lend itself to a few electronic soundbites. The feeling of rejection hurts. It ...read more
13 More Reasons: Understanding Teenage Depression and How You Can Help
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you are a parent of a teenager, then you most likely have heard of last year’s groundbreaking Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why. The general topics revolved around teen stress, anxiety, depression, and self-harm. If you are a parent who would like to learn more, I highly recommend that you ...read more
Dating in LA: There Are Many Reasons to Be Optimistic!
All it takes is one quick Google search and you’ll find dating articles about everything from “In L.A., there will always be someone richer and better looking than you” to “Traffic and proximity make dating expensive and near impossible.” But, I have to ask, how is thinking about dating in this way helpful? True, some people in Los Angeles ...read more
Give Your Relationship a Fighting Chance: 23 Tips to Fight Fair and Effectively
It goes without saying that even in the best of relationships, that there are going to be the inevitable conflicts. This is perfectly normal and natural. Sometimes our disagreements with each other can escalate into arguments, and we experience intense hurt, scared, and angry thoughts and emotions. When discussions turn into full-on ...read more
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