Columns

For many years, I've created a list of "The Best", so clients or friends who asked me about the best dentist, doctor or insurance agent [...]

Dear Michael:             A friend of mine told me that he was tired of hearing me whine about the same problems over and over and [...]

San Diego’s annual Pride Parade began in 1974, when a small group of gays and lesbians paraded without a permit—marching on the sidewalks and stopping [...]

Clients often ask me, “Should I stay with my partner or should I go?” This is obviously not a question I can answer for them, [...]

As a psychotherapist for over twenty-five years, I’d like to share with you five long-held relationship myths and why it’s psychologically healthy to break them.  [...]

Many people make New Year’s Resolutions. And most of us forget about them after a few days/weeks. I’d like to suggest that you check in [...]

Dear Michael: Recently a friend told me that I should meditate. I really don’t know what meditation is.  I am not into religion or spirituality [...]

The same bad experience – like getting a traffic ticket or having a fender bender - can happen to two people: one is depressed for [...]

There are hundreds of books and videos on how to be popular. In this column, I’d like to talk about some of the personality characteristics [...]

I’m not Catholic, but I have been a fan of Pope Francis from the get-go. He seemed to be a harbinger of change for the [...]

We all feel sad periodically: it’s perfectly normal when we have experiences that make us feel overwhelmed, upset, or even hurt. Perhaps we just ended [...]

Mirror work is something I first tried about forty years’ ago. I went to a workshop where author/teacher Louise Hay encouraged people to talk to [...]