Reinventing marriage: monogamy or open-relationship?
photo by I AM KOO for nymag.com Now that we can get married: do we want to? For many of us, the real [...]
Porn Detox
photo courtesy of Cin2 underwear To detox is to eliminate poisons from our system. Too much “junk sex”, like too much junk food, [...]
How Can I Feel Less Stressed Out All The Time?
Dear Michael: I feel so stressed out much of the time. I guess I am a “type A” person. My previous job was stressful, so I got [...]
What Is Therapy And Why Would I Want It?
When I was a kid in small-town Ohio, my grandma told me, “Only crazy people get therapy. Don’t be crazy.” End of advice. This is [...]
Fighting Fair
Sometimes I wonder: Why do we fight, argue or disagree? We want our way. We want to be right. We want to get something. Are [...]
Keeping Your Relationship Good
You meet someone you like. You go out (or hang out) for a while. You get to know each other. It’s going well. Before you know it, you’re in [...]
Codependence And Caretaking
Dear Michael: My elderly parents live in Cleveland. So far, they’ve been okay, but lately my dad’s health is shaky and my mom’s mental state [...]
7 Steps Toward A Happier You
I am always interested in learning something new about how to have a happier, healthier, more peaceful and prosperous life. As a psychotherapist, I share [...]
Living Your Sexual Ethics
Have you ever wondered how to live a life that is both sexually ethical and free of outdated notions about sex? I find the topic [...]
When Food Is Your Best Friend
Dear Michael: I am 32 years old, 5’6” and I weigh 210 pounds. I’ve weighed this much most of my adult life. Why? I love to eat. Food is [...]
Why Don’t You Want To Go Home?
A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers – aged 45 – has died from working too many hours. In the [...]
Questions To Ask Before Marriage
This has been one of the most interesting columns I’ve ever written: I got to ask lots of happily- and formerly-married couples what questions they [...]