Expectations in relationships often serve as silent architects shaping the unspoken dynamics between romantic partners.

How we perceive, communicate, and negotiate these expectations can profoundly impact the health and longevity of our relationships.

Couples therapy with dashed expectations can be challenging… I've witnessed firsthand the pivotal role expectations play in fostering intimacy or breeding discontent.

It’s a well-known fact that, as time passes, couples may feel distant, disconnected, and longing to rediscover the spark that once ignited their relationship…

As a couples therapist, I have witnessed firsthand the challenges couples face in maintaining intimacy over time.

However, through Tali Sharot's insights on habituation, we can explore innovative interventions to bring back intimacy in marriage…

Dr. Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist, has conducted research on habituation, particularly in the context of human decision-making and behavior.

Habituation refers to the psychological phenomenon where repeated exposure to a stimulus leads to decreased response or attention to that stimulus over time.

This is often how marriages and families are robbed of joy…

I’m so delighted whenever I get a chance to do premarital counseling. Pre-marital counseling can reduce your risk of divorce by over 30%.

Interested? Here are some questions to dive into before you see me….

A study and review of research finds that regular reading enhances social-cognitive skills, fostering empathy in children and adults.

Social-cognitive skills, which include empathy and understanding human thoughts, are essential for effective communication, even within a fictional universe.

Breaking research now explains that the near-obsessional state people experience about the object of their love in the initial stages of romance is partly down to the brain’s behavioral activation system.

It is this brain system, along with a potent mix of accompanying neurotransmitters, that can even push lovers over the edge into something like a manic state.

Breaking research explains why we don’t always eat because we are hungry and we have certain physical needs….

Whenever humans get stressed or feel some threat, it can also trigger our eating motivation.

We think a very specific molecule is the culprit….

At first, happiness researchers confronted the obvious.

Clearly, personality factors like extraversion, and emotional stability are seen as the bedrock of happiness…

Until now, that is… we’re learning that’s only half of the story…

Humans who make a habit out of judging their emotions, such as grief, rage, or sorrow as somehow “bad” or “unhelpful” are more likely to experience ongoing anxiety and depression, according to breaking research…

Here are 6 incredible, new studies from 2023 which explore how music shapes our experience as human beings.

Generosity is not a trait necessarily associated with intelligent people.

However, according to social science research, humans who are inclined to be generous by nature… have a higher IQ.

Humans who cave, capitulate, and only make a sacrifice because they feel pressured into it, will not only be potentially resentful, but, according to this study, they will also enjoy far less relational satisfaction.

However…humans who make sacrifices in their relationship because they want to… are the partners with the most enduring relationship satisfaction, period.