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In my psychology practice, I have discovered that people can assess relationship compatibility with their partner through a deliberate approach. I formulated the “80-20 rule”—a practical framework aimed at helping individuals evaluate the suitability of their partners. This process involves listing essential qualities of your partner that are most important, assigning point values based on […]

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Boundaries is the book that’s helped over 4 million people learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of their lives. Does your life feel like it’s out of control? Perhaps you […]

Traumatic experiences can have a profound impact on the body, mind, spirit, energy, emotions and relationships. Ultimately, all of these aspects are addressed in therapy to promote comprehensive healing. This article will provide a brief description of somatic therapy, 6 simple body-based interventions to help clients become more acquainted with their bodies and their stress […]

Mindfulness sets the foundation for emotional agility, and for building a body and mind that supports the achievement of your goals. The benefits of mindfulness are immense. Mindfulness: Increases the gray matter in areas of the brain that regulate emotion, sensory processing, memory and attention. Enhances self-awareness, as it deepens our understanding of our thoughts, […]

The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges. This book offers parents a step-by-step guide to making and keeping friends for teens and young adults with social challenges―such as those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, […]

While “dry January” started as an attempt to make up for excessive alcohol during the holiday season, more and more people are now partaking in Dry January to curb negative drinking habits which occurred hand and hand with the isolation and stress during the COVID pandemic. Why do people want to curb their drinking? They […]

No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts that make you who you are. Is there just one “you”? We’ve been taught to believe we have a single identity, and to feel fear or shame […]

We're Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce What is the real legacy of divorce? To answer this question, Constance Ahrons, Ph.D., interviewed one hundred and seventy-three grown children whose divorcing parents she had interviewed twenty years earlier for her landmark study, the basis of which was the highly acclaimed […]

By Cara Gardenswartz, Ph.D., and Laura O’Loughlin, Psy.D. “My life is the complete opposite of everything I wanted it to be. Every instinct I have in every aspect of life—be it something to wear, something to eat—it’s all been wrong.” You might remember this classic scene from Season 5 of the series Seinfeld. George Castanza […]