A hot off the press research paper by an international research team has concluded that you really can make yourself happier by paying other people to do your time-consuming chores.

Unlike the hit you get from a new car smell, freeing up more time positively impacts your daily mood...

Are you rebuilding trust with your partner after a messy affair? If that’s the case, good for you!

Here are 9 ways to know you’re on track…

The kind of gaslighting we see in couples therapy is typically a relentless pattern of deception, unreasonable criticism, mean-spirited scrutiny, and contemptuous verbal aggression.

But gaslighting, like other forms of emotional abuse, occurs on a broad continuum.

The milder forms often respond to science-based couples therapy, but extreme gaslighting is typically far more problematic…

Getting over an affair partner is an uphill battle.

You want to return to your marriage, but you also need to know how to get over your affair partner.

The grief of the "unfaithful" involved partner is one of the most delicate issues in couples therapy.

What is limerence? Limerence is an emotional and mental state of deep, obsessive attachment to another person.

It often feels involuntary and is marked by an intense craving for reciprocity.

Why can limerence symptoms become so problematic that a limerence cure is necessary?

Unlike the sh*t show of “value-neutral” and “growth-focused” individual therapy, new studies now show that spouses who receive critical relationship-skills training in Hopeful Spouse Coaching will see just as much improvement in their relationships as if they both were in couples therapy.

Yeah.. there is such a thing as “couples therapy for one.”

Because women are always “checking the thermostat” of their relational bond, they are less likely to endure circumstances that are severely and chronically unsatisfactory.

This fundamental difference between unfaithful men and women creates complications in couples therapy.

Women are far more likely to engage in exit affairs to cushion the collapse of their marriage…here’s why…

You want to run the clock in couples therapy but you don’t know how?

Let’s face it. Couples Therapy is just a giant irritation.

Your partner, the therapist, flat-out expects way too much from you and refuses to accept the fact that you are already doing the best you can.

You can never make them happy anyway …so what’s the use?

As a marriage and family therapist, I often see how intertwined our personality traits are with our mental health.

For those grappling with both neuroticism and introversion, the journey can be especially challenging.

Research indicates that folks who exhibit both of these traits are more susceptible to chronic anxiety problems…

Dealing with social anxiety disorder can feel like navigating a maze filled with walls that whisper doubts and fears.

Making friends might seem like an impossible feat, but here’s a hopeful message: you’re doing better than you think…

The future of humanity hinges on our ability to dissolve barriers and unite to address pressing global challenges.

I’ve been thinking about this notion of how we humans can acquire a transcendent bond with others who are strangers to us.

I’ve called it agape in earlier posts… but science calls it Identity fusion.

Recent research delves into the profound impact of recognizing and embracing aspects of our shared humanity in fostering global cooperation and understanding.

Research indicates that optimists get better sleep, with a 70% lower chance of suffering from insomnia or sleep disorders than their less optimistic counterparts.

Optimists, who typically view the future with hope and see goodness in the world, may benefit from reduced ruminative thoughts about stressful events, a common culprit for keeping insomniacs awake at night…