I have fairly sensitive teeth. This may be genetic, or perhaps it’s because when I had braces as a young teenager, I wasn’t as fastidious about brushing and flossing as I ought to have been. Regardless of the reason, I’ve [...]
Don’t make fun of Donald Trump’s hair. Don’t make fun of his complexion or his weight or the size of his hands. When you do, he does not hear you. But the people who do hear you learn, for the [...]
I’ve been talking a lot about self-care this week. It seems that in trying times, the superpower I can offer people – whether it’s friends, clients, or strangers on the internet – is the question, “what are you doing to take [...]
It’s one of the worst feelings in the world: You hurt the feelings of someone you care about and you have no idea how to make it better. Maybe your stress level was running high and you took it out [...]
Imagine that you’re in a relationship where you get to call all the shots and your partner will do anything you want. You want Chinese food? Just plan it. An outing to Disneyland? Put it on the calendar. A trip [...]
Sometimes, when I do public speaking engagements, I ask the audience to define an emotion. We feel emotions every single day, but when asked to explain what an emotion is, most people blanch. “A thing you feel?” someone will ask, [...]
Recently a number of clients have asked me about patterns they’ve noticed in their relationships. They keep dating the same “type” of person… and that type isn’t “thoughtful, kind, loving, and generous, with great communication skills.” What they’ve noticed is [...]
“It’s not the years in your life; it’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln John Green’s best-selling young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars, which was also adapted into a movie, is a love story about a teenage [...]
Imagine if I told you that my chair was uncomfortable without providing any additional information. If you wanted to fix the problem, you might make it higher or lower, firmer or softer, you might adjust the back, the head rest, [...]
Ten years ago, I described my sexual orientation as heteroflexible. I would grin as I explained that while I had historically always dated men, I didn’t want to rule out the possibility that I could someday fall in love with [...]