06/08/2023 Oops! He keeps mixing those letters up, and sometimes they come out as something else.  He has Dyslexia.  Dyslexia is a...

05/18/2023 Friends don’t let friends keep secrets about their suicide plans. Yet, it happens all the time, especially among our youth. ...

5.15.23 In many ways relationships are similar to combinations of elements that create chemical reactions.  Some blend together and...

05/10/2023 Happiness from without makes your emotional well-being subject to all of the complexities of your external environment. It’s...

05/08/2023 Stop Defending Women! Well, kinda, sorta. In the early 1970’s along with a college friend, I was asked by Los Angeles School...

05/03/2023 Am I mentally healthy? The answer actually depends on how you define mental health. This used to be a taboo area to discuss....

05/1/2023 Ever since Thomas Crapper (yes, really his name) invented the flush toilet, The Great Toilet Seat Debate about leaving the seat...

04/30/2023 “I’ll never use algebra, so what do I need it for? No one really cares what happened during the War of 1812, so why learn it?...

04.27.2023 One of the biggest reasons for relationship failure is the lack of practicing relationship mindfulness. Mindfulness in...

04/24/2023 When discussing relationships, I often ask patients, “Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?” This may seem a...

04/20/2023 Who says money can’t buy happiness?  When it comes to couples therapy, there are three big common denominator issues: money,...

04/17/2023 Death. One of several subjects most of us are reluctant to discuss. However, unlike other topics, a discussion of death...

04/12/2023 As I write this blog, it is April 12, 2023. We are 102 days into the new year. I live in the Southern California area of the...

04/20/2023 Perhaps no other positive action by one individual towards another has the profound impact of Unconditional Love. In order to...

04/08/2023 Me: So, tell us again about Anita Hill. Justice Thomas: I’ll say the same thing I said at that time. This is a lynch mob! Me:...

4/7/2023 Chris Stapleton’s song is a wonderful love song that compares the object of his affection to the smoothness of Tennessee Whiskey...

04/05.2023 In case you’re not a sports fan, LSU women’s basketball team defeated Iowa’s women’s basketball team for the national...

04/03/2023 In the make-believe (maybe not so make-believe) land of Grrrr there lived two very large families. They were always angry with...

03/29/2023 Sometimes religion can get in the way of relationships, especially when families put pressure on the individuals. In many...

03/27/2023 Imagine for a moment that you have wheels and tires, an engine, a chassis, a can of gasoline, etc., but they are all separate....