I am writing this blog lying flat on my back. No, I am not lazy and no, I am not an acrobat. My back is acting up. A sweet, little disc at L3 decided to shift a bit in the last 4 weeks. And that sweet little disc shifted in such Read more…
We are pleased to have Ronald Pies, MD here as a guest blogger. Ronald Pies is a physician, poet, and writer who lives and practices in the Boston area. He has academic appointments at Tufts University and Upstate Medical University, and is the author of several psychiatric textbooks.This piece on Read more…
Emotional intimacy is a double edged sword; it brings joy, but it can also make you clingy. In the past few blogs we’ve been dealing with people who have problems trusting and truly opening themselves to intimacy. Good sex and warm romance makes us happy, but for some it’s a trigger Read more…
I am a fan of the innovative writer and psychoanalyst, Erich Fromm (1900-1980). As a man ahead of his time, Fromm understood the ills of the modern world before most of us knew that we were in trouble. He saw that a modern life is often empty and can lead Read more…
Can you forgive? From Jews preparing for Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish day, to Catholics going to confession before Easter, all religions understand the healing power of forgiveness. Everyone can relate to carrying a grudge that’s gone on for too long or feeling guilty for a wrongdoing that needs to Read more…
You know, now that I’m struggling with some depression, I realize how much I lost with this divorce. Danny, my ex, never really wanted to hang out with my friends, and while I liked his friends, now that we are divorced, they want to hang out with him. So it’s Read more…
The loss of a marriage is a real death. That is why people grieve in divorce despite the fact that nobody has died. Grief applies to other human losses and not to a loss that comes from death. In some ways it is trickier to recover from divorce than from Read more…