During my 20 years of counseling couples, this is one touchy subject that invariably surfaces. As both a therapist and a woman who’s been married for 22 years, my response to men is always the same: look at this as an invitation instead of a rejection.
Just think about it. Your wife is explicitly telling [...]

Think back to January and the New Year’s resolutions that crossed your mind, even if just fleetingly. Like most men, you may have pondered getting more exercise, maybe eating better, or, if you smoke, quitting. In all probability “reconnecting with friends” didn’t even crack your top 10. And yet, experts think strengthening your social ties [...]

—Have you started an argument without even uttering a word?
—Been scolded with the ever-mystifying “It’s not what you said but how you said it”?
—Know that even when you stop talking, you’re still communicating volumes?
Welcome to the wonderful wacky world of body language! It is a world defined by nuance and subtlety. And it [...]

In today’s hectic world, the married woman who doesn’t feel overwhelmed is a rarityÖan oddityÖpractically an endangered species. For most women, time is in short supply while stress lurks at every corner. Even though we are constantly on the go, we feel constantly behind. Molehills can seem like mountains. Taking a step back is [...]

Comedians have been telling us for years that marriage can be a killer. And as with any good joke, there appears to be real truth behind this observation. Recent studies suggest that a spouse’s personality can actually be hazardous to one’s health, and that high marital stress is linked to life-threatening disease. But most alarming [...]

Myth #1 Married couples never have sex.
Actually, on average, married couples have more sex than any other group. Shocked? Well it’s true. Married people are about twice as likely as unmarried people to make love at least two times a week. And that’s not allómarried sex has been found to be better too! [...]