Are You Heading for Divorce?

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What to Teach Our Daughters – Stop the Insanity of Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Statistics reported in 2016 – Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family. Domestic violence is […]

What Is the ‘Q’ in LGBTQ? And Other Interesting Things to Know About Sex

Our global experience and understanding of sexuality – in an amazing kaleidoscope of diversity – has been transformed in the past century. What was once condemned, feared, misunderstood, hidden, or denied is now . . . . . . openly and passionately a part of our social and political discussion. Who would have imagined 50 years ago […]

Are You Just Being Too Sensitive?

“You’re just being too sensitive.”  Perhaps. Often, however, these words are spoken by someone who’s actually . . . frustrated or afraid of your pain (or your anger). I’ve observed we have a tendency to minimize pain.  We ignore it, dismiss it, or medicate it. We magnify fear, but we minimize pain. We mask anger and anxiety in […]

How to Transform Politics (and Other Dysfunctional Relationships)

I find politics interesting. I also find it informative, challenging, thought-provoking, and crazy-making. There’s often more talking then listening going on. And there’s a lot of rehearsal about what is to be said, rather than impromptu understanding of what needs to be heard.  Politicians are seldom fully present in the moment. I began to imagine […]

The Two Most Powerful Factors That Determine Success in Marriage

Statistically today, 3 in 10 marriages remain healthy and happy, according to “The Science of Happily Ever After” by Ty Tashiro.  So what’s happening in the other 7? How do you safeguard and sustain a healthy partnership?  And what is the number one factor that most brings down a relationship? In the 70’s, a significant […]