We live in an era in which telehealth is now common and easily accessible. The online experience, whether it’s yoga, shopping for a new car or even Sex Therapy is now part of the fabric of our lives. Let’s explore the changing landscape of sexual wellness and the rise...
Can a healthy sex life contribute to longevity? What roles do sex and pleasure play in our lives? The following Giddy article (by Sarah Kilgallon) dives into some fascinating studies that explore the long term benefits of a healthy sex life on your happiness and...
Dr. Gary Chapman, bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts, says the key to a lasting relationship is discovering which love language you and your partner respond to the most. These “languages” express the different ways in which we...
As the shelter-in-place edicts have continued from days to weeks to months, we’re all being confronted with a barrage of emotions. We may be seeing new sides of our personalities as we react to the crisis around us and the new and unique challenges it brings,...
Sex and marriage go together… Right? Last week, I wrote about the all-too-common occurrence of sexless marriage, defined as a marriage (or relationship) in which there are low to no levels of sexual intimacy, generally less than ten times a year. While sure,...
Marriage without sex? Yes, it happens. Sexless marriage is one of the most common reasons couples come to work with me, and if you’re in one, you’re not alone — numerous recent studies from the past few years have shown that at least 15-20% of all...
It might not feel like it, but you CAN recover from an affair. For a lot of people, when they discover their significant other has been having an affair, it’s a devastation they think they’ll never recover from. Many people see it as the immediate end of...
According to this article, when BabyCenter recently surveyed more than 1,000 dads about what they want for Father’s Day, 57% picked getting intimate and making love. This is not surprising given that the bonding hormone oxytocin is at its highest in men after sexual...
Want a more healthy sex life? Read on. I recently participated in another expert roundup, this time on the topic of “Best Advice for Healthy Sex Life.” With a focus on sexless marriage, sex coaches, psychologists, and other relationship professionals weigh...
Let’s talk about interracial dating. I was recently asked to participate in an Expert Roundup on interracial dating. A wide variety of relationship experts, coaches and therapists responded to questions on the topic, with my particular focus being on how to...
Couples Therapy, Infidelity, and Commitment: Tough Topics Laid Bare Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity and, more recently, The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity (two books I highly recommend), was recently featured in The New Yorker. In this interview...
Esther Perel offers a different way to look at a painful thing. Esther Perel, psychotherapist and couples’ therapist, has never tiptoed around deeper or more painful subjects of relationships and sexuality. With a focus on connecting the domestic and the erotic,...
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