These are unprecedented times and we as a nation are being pulled tightly. Tensions have been exceedingly high as we waited for election results and it continues since the election was called. For months I’ve...
Category - Relationships Etc.
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
Lessons from Writing Letters to Strangers
Elise Hu, NPR correspondent and Millennial (the “loneliest generation”), shares her need for connection during the global pandemic. In her worry and loneliness she wrote letters to 50 strangers across...
Relationships in Quarantine
The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing isolation people find themselves in will put many relationships to the test. In normal circumstances, time spent in “togetherness” is a goal and hallmark of a healthy...
How Remarried Couples (and any Couple) Can Make Small Gestures Count
If you think you need grand gestures to show your spouse love, you’re mistaken. One of the secrets to long-lasting love is making small gestures such as leaving your partner an endearing love note or holding his or her...
Terry Gaspard, LICSW
Emotional and Relationship Health During Community Crisis
In Northern California, we have had three years in a row of major fires during October not only causing massive destruction but impacting large areas surrounding the actual fires by unhealthy air quality as smoke...
Coping With Divorce
Richard Nicastro, PhD digs into the unfortunate reality of divorce; some of the ways it can come about as well as some important things to keep in mind if it happens. We don’t get married expecting to be one of the...
Richard Nicastro, PhD
Ask Lisa: My boyfriend is spending less time with me
My boyfriend and I have been together since we were 17 and now we are 28, off and on at first but steady and living with each other for the past 6 years. We’ve had a great relationship and are very close but recently...
Ask Lisa: Younger Woman Insecure with Older Man
I am a 23 year old single mother. I just started dating an older guy. He is 32 years of age. I am feeling very insecure all of a sudden in this relationship. I never had this problem before. I do not know if it is...
Ask Lisa: My Boyfriend Gets Aggressive When Drunk
I have been in a relationship for almost 8 months. The relationship has been good when we’re together but he has always had trust issues with me whenever I’m seeing my friends or if I’m going out...
Staying Put after a Lifetime of Abandonment and Grand Exits
Amy Eden offers a deeply personal look at how abandonment in childhood later played out in her relationships. But she learns to deconstruct her “urge to flee” and stay present instead. — First...
Amy Eden