What is your love language?
After posting a blog article a few months ago about the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, I've had a lot of people ask me how they can find out what their love language is. Thus, I give [...]
Sexual Communication: 3 Things Everyone Can Learn From the Kink Community
From a very young age, we’re told not to talk about sex. We’re provided with handy euphemisms for our body parts and informed of all the scary things that can happen if we have sex without protection, or with a [...]
Burnout: Snooze Alarms, “TGIF”, and Other Symptoms
I’ve written a lot about self-care (here and here) but I’ve only marginally touched on what happens when you neglect to keep up with it. What is burnout? What comes up for you when you think about burnout? Perhaps you [...]
When Her Partner Was Depressed
When her partner was depressed, she wondered where he went. She saw someone sitting in front of her, wearing the skin of the person she loved, but the spark, the humor, the joy, the essence that made him him seemed [...]
Feminism is an Everyone Issue
I am a feminist because I believe in women, of course, but I am also a feminist because I believe in men. I believe that women have the intelligence, the ambition, the guts to be doctors and lawyers, CEOs and [...]
7 Questions From Adolescence That Inform Our Adult Selves
A lot of people say that they wouldn’t go back to being 14 years old for $1,000,000. Why do you think that is? I want you to think about the last time you were standing at the crossroads of a [...]
What Scaling a Wall Taught Me About Trust and Relationships
It takes a leap of faith to try something new as an adult, so I’m not quite sure how I found myself at Stronghold Climbing Gym, a rock wall gymnasium, this past weekend. I had signed up for a beginner-level [...]
How to Know You’re Doing Okay: A New Rule of Well-Being
I was at the Hollywood Bowl the other night, and in the box next to me was a group of women in their late 20s. Svelte and sophisticated, wine glasses in hand, they appeared to be thoroughly in their element. [...]
Wanted: Therapist Who Gets Me
Embarking on the search for a therapist is an act of bonafide courage. I know this from experience, not only as someone who fields calls from nervous-sounding prospective clients, but also as someone who has, on many occasions, sought therapy [...]
Empowerment Through Fitness
In Conversation with Celebrity Fitness Trainer Kit Rich Last week I had the incredible privilege of having lunch with an old high school acquaintance named Kit Rich to talk about self-image, body conflict, and the connection between physical and emotional [...]