One Simple Way to Get Out of Roommate Status

“If you’re only talking tactics and logistics (no longer talking about your hopes and dreams), your relationship will eventually feel like roommates.” -paraphrased from Alex Charfen When I ask women to define the struggles inside the marriage, it oftentimes sounds...

Controlling For 30 Years…Until Now.

“Your children will become who you are; so be who you want them to be.” -David Bly My new client and I met for the first time on our first video coaching session. It is during this first session that I understand all the details about the struggles in the marriage and...

What Constitutes a Successful Marriage?

“A long but unhappy marriage is not a successful marriage.” -Dr. Anne Brown So many people believe that a successful marriage is the one that lasts forever… …the one that lives up to the vow, “‘till death do us part.” So we often hold ourselves to that...

My Affair Made Me Feel Alive…or Maybe It was Something Else

“From a psychological perspective, our relationship to the forbidden sheds a light on the darker, and less straightforward aspects of our humanity.” Esther Perel My client, Mary, told me, “My affair made me feel alive.” Because she had been feeling numb, lonely and...