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
Opposites attract?…Bullsh*t!
Humans are not inclined to shed their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to attract a life partner.
Despite popular “wisdom” Opposites do not attract.
What does?
Why 90% of us keep mundane consumption secrets from our spouses…and why it’s eventually… healthy?
Ever watch ahead on a show you’re supposed to be watching with your partner? Ever indulge a whim and not fess up? Guess what? …It’s healthy!
New research from Hungary: confirms astrology?.. not quite…
New research from Hungary says that you will manifest different traits as an adult depending on the season of your birth…
New research on workplace affairs and social ostracism from Pakistan
Workplace romance evokes different responses in different cultures.. in Pakistan you could brcome socially excluded and shunned by your other co-workers…
4 Robust defense mechanisms that can complicate your conflicts
Some defense mechanisms are particularly robust, and can cause lots of meaningless suffering. Do any of these sound familiar?
4 Primitive defense mechanisms that can screw up your relationship
We all are defensive from time to time, but what are the most primitive defense mechanisms that can really screw up a relationship?
5 Reasons you have a sexless marriage
It’s been estimated that about 20% of American couples find themselves in the distressing situation of a sexless marriage.
Helping Alice tell Steve…
Some things hurt so bad, you hesitate to burden your partner…intimacy is about the hard things too…