Welcome to my Blog
Thank you for stopping by. This space is where I share research, reflections, and practical tools drawn from my experience as a marriage and family therapist.
Are you a couple looking for clarity? A professional curious about the science of relationships? Or simply someone interested in how love and resilience work? I’m glad you’ve found your way here. I can help with that.
Each post is written with one goal in mind: to help you better understand yourself, your partner, and the hidden dynamics that shape human connection.
Grab a coffee (or a notebook), explore what speaks to you, and take what’s useful back into your life and relationships. And if a post sparks a question, or makes you realize you could use more support, I’d love to hear from you.
Be Well, Stay Kind, and Godspeed.
~Daniel
P.S.
Feel free to explore the categories below to find past blog posts on the topics that matter most to you. If you’re curious about attachment, navigating conflict, or strengthening intimacy, these archives are a great way to dive deeper into the research and insights that I’ve been sharing for years.
- Attachment Issues
- Coronavirus
- Couples Therapy
- Extramarital Affairs
- Family Life and Parenting
- How to Fight Fair
- Inlaws and Extended Families
- Intercultural Relationships
- Marriage and Mental Health
- Married Life & Intimate Relationships
- Neurodiverse Couples
- Separation & Divorce
- Signs of Trouble
- Social Media and Relationships
- What Happy Couples Know
Why Money Fights Explode—and What the American Family Survey 2025 Reveals About Family Stress
Picture this: a couple at the kitchen table, not clinking wine glasses but glaring at a Trader Joe’s receipt.
One of them swears almond butter used to be $5.99; the other insists it was always $7.49. Both are wrong, of course, but accuracy is irrelevant.
The real story is that this isn’t a marriage—it’s a budget committee meeting with unpaid overtime and no snacks.
The American Family Survey just confirmed what that receipt already knew: money stress is now the gravitational center of American family life (Deseret News & Brigham Young University, 2025).