Posted in brain and mind, love relationship, marital affair on Jun 26th, 2010
What Couples Can Do To Get Back On Track
It is important to remember that in most cases affairs are symptoms of something deeper that is going on in intimate relationships, of which couples may not have been aware. And here is where I can see the silver lining. The affair is such a shocking event [...]
Posted in love relationship, marital affair on Jun 24th, 2010
We all know the evils of infidelity. In previous blogs I wrote about them, citing statistics, characteristics of who is most likely to cheat, and what can be done to address these issues.
Here I want to approach this subject from a different perspective: infidelity as an alarm system about the state of the relationship, and [...]
Posted in brain and mind on Jun 16th, 2010
A lot of studies show how people in healthy, close connections live longer, are happier, have less medical problems and have a more positive outlook on life and their future throughout the life cycle. As Mother Theresa said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.”
Connections help make life less scary [...]
Posted in brain and mind, love relationship, women's issues on Jun 7th, 2010
Al and Tipper Gore’s recent announcement to get divorced has created a huge wave of confusion – “What happened? They seemed so happy” – bewilderment -“If they too divorce, who will survive?” - and fear – “If it happened to them, it could happen to me too.”
This last statement is actually the one that gets [...]
Posted in brain and mind on Jun 2nd, 2010
Boundaries define where we end and other people begin, both physically and emotionally. Psychologically, they define a space we see as our own, separate from other people. When we are in love or feel very close to another person through friendship, collaboration, or special circumstances, boundaries may get blurred, as we see ourselves not as [...]
