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Christmas is almost here and the stores are in their last-minute push to get us to buy. Gift-giving makes retail stores happy, but – honestly [...]

Do you ever feel like you’re faking happiness? Is your optimism sometimes shaky? When someone tells you, “It’s all good”, do you want to smack [...]

Almost everyone I know complains about their parents – clients, friends and relatives alike. Our parents never got it right, do they? They always screwed [...]

Dear Michael:          I don’t know what’s wrong with me.  I have everything I really want or need, but I feel strongly, deeply lonely.  I [...]

Is it a weakness to feel depressed? What is depression anyway? Does it show up differently for men than for women? These are questions I [...]

Dear Michael: I feel like I’m living in the wrong era: I want to be romanced, wined, dined…you know, wooed (I like that old-fashioned word).  [...]

The amazing Ms. Keaton died today. I didn't even know she was ill. What a person! I read a couple of her books and was [...]

When you read about the rich and famous “going spiritual”, e.g., going to meditation retreats, studying Buddhism in India, reading (and writing) Spiritual/New Age/Personal Growth [...]

While your first few psychotherapy sessions are a time for the therapist to gather information about you, it’s also an opportunity for you to interview [...]

This is one of the most frequent questions I get from clients/readers who find themselves entering the dating world.  This letter is typical: Dear Michael: [...]

The risk that any marriage will end in divorce is currently about 45 percent. According to most research, the chances fall to about 40 percent [...]

If you believe advertising, getting older is a mistake, a weakness. If you get older and look older, you’ve done it wrong. This logic works [...]