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Here you will find hundreds of the practical insights I have gleaned from my years of professional and private life. As a columnist, I’ve written many articles about relationships, including codependency and addiction. But I’ve also shared insights into happiness, self-growth, mental health, trauma, grieving and other life issues. CONSULTATION: If you need to discuss an issue, I am available for consultation via Skype or telephone. For more information about process and costs, CLICK HERE
 Transformation My work as the consulting psychologist for a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center for men taught me a few things. Most of the men were clear that they wanted to overcome their primary addiction. Additionally, many of them were clear that they didn’t want anything else to change. They didn’t want to lose their friends, their jobs, their marriages or their homes… Continue reading Addiction, Healing, and Transformation  Grace Writing about grace was a personal challenge, because it forced me to drill down deep enough to identify the essence of what is important to me and how I manifest it in my life. I invite you to try it; it’s not that easy. A lot of things are important to me — marriage and family, material well-being, health, humanity and our planet. And there are a host of other things that also have personal importance, but are less central — adventure, travel, sensual pleasures and intellectual stimulation. I’m sure you can come up with a good-sized list of things that are important to you. I tackled the problem by thinking of people whom I have used as models in my own evolution. Five people stood out, three of them well known… Continue reading Grace: Drilling Down to Core Values  Romantic couple drinking a toast to their many years together Relationships are about learning, growth and connection, beginning with our first relationships with our parents. We did huge amounts of learning during those growing up years. Besides the physical stuff we learned language so we could communicate our needs and then begin to understand the needs of others. We learned the rudiments of love and connection.All of this was essential to our being able to connect successfully with others as adults. We are hardwired to seek connection with others and hardwired to seek intimacy… Continue reading What is the purpose of relationships?
After my first wife and I separated, I dated and fell in love with a woman who lived some distance away. I was enamored with this person who seemed to be able to accept me as I was. Then one day she commented that I was living in my head… Continue reading Self-Betrayal is the Ultimate Betrayal |
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