Have an Adventure!
Does your life feel too boring and predictable? Maybe you need to have an adventure: if you have a little time and a bit of [...]
The Adam Rippon Effect
image courtesy of Adam Rippon on instagram I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how the media and most of America have embraced openly – [...]
Why I’ve Stopped Drinking
It’s probably not what you think: I don’t have a problem with drinking. Before I stopped, I rarely had more than two drinks at any [...]
Falling Upward
Photo by Brigitte Lacombe for House & Garden magazine When you left your teenage years and entered your twenties, did you ever feel [...]
Whose life are you living?
The longer I work as a psychotherapist, the more amazed I am at how we all – myself included – keep doing things that make [...]
The Art of Loving
Some subjects are timeless, like love. Many self-help gurus say stuff like, “You can’t love anyone else if you don’t love yourself.” Sounds good, but, [...]
The new PTSD: President Trump Stress Disorder
Traditionally, PTSD has stood for “post traumatic stress disorder”. It describes how we may have to tough it out to get through something traumatic (war, [...]
The Pros and Cons of Older/Younger Relationships
Matteo Prandoni for nymag.com In my psychotherapy practice, I often assist lesbian couples where one of the women is significantly older than her [...]
The Psychology of being Sick
Does this sound familiar? You don’t feel well. Sure enough you’ve got a cold/the flu and your body feels like crap. You’re sick. Your mental [...]
Practical Spirituality
photo courtesy of Screen Gems Films I don’t consider myself religious, but I do consider myself to be on a spiritual path. I [...]
The Best Gift of All
My goddaughter Natalie and her parents, my friends Larry and Charlotte Fatigued from an overload of shopping, spending, and travel? You’re not alone. [...]
What I learned on my Book Tour
I’ve just finished six months as an openly gay author out there in the - overwhelmingly straight - publishing world talking about my book: “The [...]