Both men and women feel shame when the man has trouble with his erection. The worst thing they can do is NOT talk about it.
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When couples stop enjoying sex, the solution isn’t to start wearing masks or using handcuffs. The best way to bring passion back to the marriage is to feel more emotionally connected to your partner.
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The Quality Time Love Language sounds easy but can be hard to do. For many couples, it’s a challenge to consistently have quality time that is both satisfying and communicates their love.
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Few, if any, books have had such a huge impact on couples, and couples therapy as The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Dr. Gary Chapman. It has created a whole new way for couples to communicate about how they feel loved and how they express love.
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Couples often accuse each other of “overreacting”. What does that really mean? Are they really overreacting? Or is one partner just trying to get the other to “Shut Up”? Here’s how to stop the fight that inevitably follows.
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Intimacy Anorexia is often linked to couples living in sexless marriages. The idea is that one partner is actively withholding sex from the marriage. It sounds simple. But that’s just not the way marriages work.
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The phrases “Processing Emotions”, “Emotion Processing” or “Processing your Feelings” have become extremely popular. But what exactly does it actually mean?
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When it comes to talking about sex, for many couples the conversation never even gets started. Men and women can walk around for years, aching to talk to their partner about their sex life. They think about it, rehearse it, feel hurt and angry about it, fight about it, but they can't seem to talk about sex.
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All couples fight. But these 5 types of fights are very damaging and may represent deeper issues. Premarital Counseling is a great way to work through conflicts before the marriage.
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We’ve all had the experience. You can’t help thinking about something, over and over and over again. You may call it overthinking, over worrying, anxiety, ruminating, stressing, freaking out, perseverating, or a brain worm. But no matter what you call it, it can drive you a little crazy.
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Couples are often shocked when they start fighting right after they get engaged. They expected this to be the happiest period of their relationship. Instead of pre-marital bliss, they can’t seem to stop fighting and begin to question “Do I really want to marry this person?”.
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We all know that falls are the leading cause of injury for seniors. But hospitals have gone to such an extreme to stop falls, that they now are causing more harm than good.
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Some friction between parents and their adult children is inevitable. The goal is not to avoid all conflict, but to learn how to heal the rifts that occur in every family relationship.
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A major recent study has shown that there is NO CONNECTION between statins and memory loss. So, the good news is we can feel better about taking our Lipitor. But the bad news is there’s still no solution for avoiding memory loss.
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The holidays are always a huge trigger for grief. Whether your loss was recent or decades ago. Any kind of special event, but Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, in particular, can’t help but trigger memories from the past. Here are some suggestions for grieving during the holidays.
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Why do some of us go through life craving closeness but repeatedly pushing people away? What fuels this fear of intimacy? What can we do to get closer to the people in our lives?
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Grief makes people uncomfortable. People don’t know what to say or do when confronted with someone’s grief. The griever’s pain and tears are overwhelming, and people just don’t know what to say or do. In addition, seeing someone’s loss reminds people of their own mortality and the mortality of the people they love.
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People are often confused between dementia and Alzheimer’s. As a result, people think any type of cognitive impairment is Alzheimer’s. In fact, Alzheimer’s is just one of over 50 different types of dementia.
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The decision whether an individual with Alzheimer’s, or some other form of Dementia, should remain in the home or move to a memory care facility can be very difficult. There is no clear answer as to what is best for both the patient and the caregivers.
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Grief is usually associated with the mourning process that comes after a loved one dies. But, in most cases, grief actually begins well before death. This is true both for the person who dies, who begins to mourn his or her own approaching death, as well as their friends and family who are experiencing their approaching loss.
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