We all want real, lasting love in our lives. We spend a lot of time searching for that special someone, but even when we find them we can’t be sure the relationship will last. The majority of marriages fail, either ending in divorce and separation or devolving into bitterness and dysfunction. Of all the people
There is a saying that we teach what we want to learn. I suspect it may be equally true that we write about issues most important in our lives. I grew up as an only child in a single parent-family. My father was gone by the time I was five years old. My mother had to
Erin Kelly, the Social Justice Editor of the Good Men Project, is concerned about the increasing negativity we all are experiencing in our lives and in our world. “Work, home and family can be stressful,” she says. “It can be so stressful that we feel like we’re swimming in a sea of negativity with no
“All cultures, East and West, have their own unique ways of punishing those whose ideas and behaviors run contrary to established beliefs,” says neuropsychologist Dr. Mario Martinez. These punishments get transmitted from parents to children and show up in our relationships when we fall in love. “These forms of punishment cause emotional damage that surfaces
I’ve been a marriage and family counselor for more than forty years and have helped couples keep their relationship alive and well through the years. We hear a lot about the “big problems” that couples face: Infidelity Drug and alcohol abuse Fighting Boredom Sexual incompatibility These are certainly problems that many people face. But my
I grew up with a depressed father and became a depressed son. My father took an overdose of sleeping pills when I was five years old, following years feeling anxious and depressed because he couldn’t make a living as a writer and actor. He didn’t die, but I lost his presence growing up. I grew
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