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
What Game of Thrones is teaching us about loneliness…
Fascinating new research explains how Game of Throne fans have a form of cinema verite running their nervous systems…
You’re so sweet! How the sexy notion of Embodied Cognition is changing neuroscience…
Are you annoyed yet by the idea that humans with a sweet tooth have a bubbly, helpful soul?
A better question is why is the notion of Embodied Cognition so alluring to neuroscience?
The Gottman Distance and Isolation Cascade
We know how a committed relationship painfully unravels. Gottman calls it the Distance and Isolation Cascade…
Why is it such a marriage killer?
The way out of meaningless suffering is not easy…
When I was 17, I went to prison… and I came out differently 6 hours later…
New research from the UK…What researchers got wrong about suppressing intrusive thoughts !
For decades we’ve been told.. don’t tell your clients to actively attempt to suppress their dark ruminations.
But guess what?
New research from the UK says they got it wrong!
Flooding… and what to do about it…
Some of the most useful stuff in science-based couples therapy helps us to be kinder and more regulated…
It is when we really are so pissed, that we don’t give a sh*t, that we are the most epically unkind…
Here’s how to do better…
2 Predictable downsides of a high verbal IQ
Perhaps you or your partner have a high verbal intelligence. New research indicates that this gift is a mixed blessing... but why?
Why did regretful parents have kiddos in the first place anyway?
How do regretful parents explain their decision to make little creatures?
Our old friend, FOMO…
3 Tell-tale signs of parental burnout…
New research suggests that the Western memes of individualism and perfectionism are fueling a profound sense of burnout for some over-ambitious parents…
Do kiddos make you happier? … soon to be published research suggests …it depends…
What’s the deal with making little creatures?
Do kiddos confer contentment?
Unpublished research says, that depends on where you call home…
The awesome power of a friend…
Sometimes all research does is confirm what we already know in our hearts.
Close friendships are very good for us….
9 Things you must know if Delusional Disorder strikes your spouse…
What happens when a noted scientist becomes afflicted with Delusional Disorder?