This fall, a number of therapists wrote in to ask me questions on the same theme: What happens to desire when one partner is carrying a lot more of the mental load?... Read more »
Have you ever closed a dating app feeling more tired than when you opened it? If you have, you are in good company. In 2024, a survey of 1,000 Americans who used... Read more »
Maybe our sense of global belonging is a matter of perspective. Zoom out, and a viewer might see something as complex as a sprawling ant colony: humans building infrastructure and working collectively,... Read more »
The Milwaukee Brewers just swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, and Jake Bauers was named MVP. After Game 4, he said, “I chose to be confident. I... Read more »
“Am I being heard?” Valerie Cherish is Lisa Kudrow’s lovably self-centered protagonist on The Comeback. Throughout the show, she demands to be heard, with varying degrees of success. I think we can... Read more »
Will stupidity be the death of us? Could stupid people doing stupid things cripple or destroy civilization, maybe even cause our extinction? Is it possible? Likely? Inevitable? Suggesting that stupidity is an... Read more »
In August 2023, my cardiologist strongly suggested that alcohol may be causing an irregular heart rhythm. I didn’t read the summary until I saw him the day before my 2024 appointment. That... Read more »
A “hot” “mental glow-up” is on offer from an influencer if you click on a link—not to buy the latest beauty or self-improvement product on the TikTok Shop, but to take a... Read more »
Psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott described in 1953 that what children needed was not a perfect parent but a “good enough mother” or parent, an attentive and attuned caregiver who may be imperfect at... Read more »
Co-authored by Galit Romanelli Sunday morning. The kids are asleep. Adam and Lily just woke up and are enjoying a lazy morning. Adam wants to have sex. Lily doesn’t. She’s not in... Read more »