Conflict comes with the territory of any long-term relationship. It’s only natural that when you merge your life with another human being—someone with different tastes, opinions, habits, and worldviews—you will … Read More
Understanding Your Shadow: The Key to A Successful Marriage
Why is it that you’re 35% happier if you live next door to a good friend, but only 8% happier when you live with a spouse? Why do most young … Read More
Sexual Compulsivity Has Many Forms
Sexual compulsives can have wildly different kinds and degrees of obsessions. I’ve helped men and women who were absolutely “Sexually addicted.” They urgently craved self-destructive sex like compulsive philandering, prostitutes, … Read More
No Institution is Immune to Corruption, Including Marriage
Human nature corrupts all institutions. Any institution—bank, company, army, government, family, marriage, you name it—has been, is being, or will be corrupted. The institution of marriage has special significance, because … Read More
Let Her Inspire You to be a Better Man
This blog post is for guys willing to learn to love women better. A couple come sits in my office at 1:00 on a sunny Monday. Alexi is Persian-American Osteopath. … Read More
[Ask Dr. Keith] Some enlightened ways to handle the male orgasm
I like any system that gets couples talking about what they like and experimenting with mutual erotic fulfillment. in other words, the accepting, interested conversation combined with a shared willingness to experiment in service of pleasure and fulfillment is the bottom line.
Lying as Violence – How Your Lies Create Separations
People lie all the time. Check out these stats from Little White Lies – The Truth About Why Women Lie: 12 % of adults admit telling lies. 80% of women … Read More
Checking In For Better Or Worse – Attunement and Trust
Happy couples often enjoy checking in with each other throughout the day. They’ll text, call, email just to have contact—very much like monkeys who can spend up to 70% of … Read More
Checking in with Your Partner: Happy or Unhappy – Therapist in the Wild [Video]
There are unhappy “checking-in” couples as well, though, and while the words and mechanisms are similar, the energy is very, very different.
