“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” -Lao Tzu Why We Can’t Say No … More
Tag: Relationships
Why Am I So Jealous?: Exploring the Link Between Self-Esteem and the Intolerance of Uncertainty
Why Do I Need Certainty? Since the beginning of time, there have been two existential certainties: death and the uncertainty … More
The Happiness We Miss While Chasing It
What Will Make Me Happy? When I was in my teens, I believed romantic love to be the answer. When … More
Our Deep Sense of Entitlement: Do We Prevent Ourselves From Succeeding?
How Important Am I? They tend to call millennials the entitled generation, noting how they (we) always want something for … More
Who’s My Good Girl?: Reviewing Kate Manne’s Down Girl
“On my analysis, misogyny’s primary function and constitutive manifestation is the punishment of “bad” women, and policing of women’s behavior.” … More
Self-Esteem and Sex Addiction: How Men Use Pornography and Womanizing to Feel Good about Themselves
I frequently write blog posts about the effects of our beliefs on our thoughts, feelings, and actions, exploring the links … More
The Girl in the Red Dress – A Poem about Beauty and Loss
In a room, she walked in with an assertive gait The woman in a red dress, whose eyes radiate Who … More
Love in Therapy
“Psychoanalysis is, in essence, a cure through love.” -Sigmund Freud in a letter to Carl Jung In a poignant and … More
Man’s Search for Intimacy (Revised and Extended Version)
Closeness and Intimacy In 1946, existential psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl, published a book which drastically altered the course of psychotherapy; he … More
Difficulties in Dating
I often mention that it’s so perplexing to me to live in NYC, which is full of all sorts of … More
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