The Best Sleep Ever
Sleep: beautiful, wonderful, drowsy, deep, restful sleep. Don’t we love it? Isn’t it one of the best things in life? Doesn’t it keep us well-rested, [...]
Beyond Pride
This column is the result of a question I’ve been asking myself lately: What is “beyond” pride? Another way to put it is: “What comes [...]
It’s Summertime and People are Falling in Love
New love is exciting: it makes everything better. It releases all kinds of powerful hormones in the body that elevate our moods and make it [...]
Don’t Suffer
I used to be in a Buddhist study group. One of the main tenets of Buddhism was: Pain is part of life; suffering is optional. [...]
Moving Fast; Never Satisfied
This is a tale of two men. The first guy, Carlos* was in his mid-thirties. When I met him, he talked so fast and thought [...]
How to Lower Your Relationship Drama
In my work as a psychotherapist, I see it over-and-over again: a perfectly happy single person meets someone wonderful. They start to date, it gets [...]
The “Right” Way to Die
I hadn’t planned on writing a column like this. However, I hadn’t planned on my sister dying a slow, drawn-out death either. A year ago [...]
Am I Ready for a Relationship?
Finding the right person who will love you for who you are is one of the great achievements of life. In my work as a [...]
How A Library Saved my Life
Wellington, Ohio had a few more than 2,000 people when I was growing up there. It had one stoplight and 7 bars, one school building [...]
“Shoving Each Other Towards Wholeness”
Relationships are humbling. ALL relationships. Whether it’s with your partner, your child, your parent or your best friend…all relationships are humbling because they show us [...]
Do I Really Need Therapy?
Last week, at a dinner party, someone who knew that I was a therapist asked me, “Hey Doctor Kimmel, do I really need therapy? I [...]
You too can be a Saint
Do you know the story of Saint Valentine? Neither did I. So, I researched it and found it inspiring. Here are two versions of his [...]