Columns

      (photo courtesy of cheekbonebeauty.com) It’s a new year: do you want to start something new? One of the things I love [...]

For many years, I created a “Best of” list, so clients or friends who asked me about the best dentist, acupuncturist, doctor, etc. would know [...]

After my last column – on Loneliness – people told me, “I feel especially lonely at Christmas and New Year’s, why didn’t you talk about [...]

Loneliness is normal. You can be the happiest, most loved person and – I guarantee – at some point(s) in your life, you’ll feel lonely. [...]

For the past month or so, I’ve been asking myself this question. I read about billionaires and celebrities and wonder: “Is that success?” I listen [...]

Earlier this year I wrote a column called “Twink Death”. It got more hits than anything I’ve ever written (over 1,300 at present) and people [...]

I wasn’t sure that this was the best title for this column. My alternative choice was: “It’s Never A Good Time to Leave”. From these [...]

Some people break down life into the first half (birth until forty-five-ish) and the second half (forty-five to death). I find it more useful to [...]

I used to think that only “older” people were interested in gardening. You know, people over forty. But lately, several of my younger clients – [...]

I used to be in a SoCal gay men’s leadership group. My friends Jim and Peter started it about 20 years’ ago. The group had [...]

Have you ever had a therapist? If so, how did you decide when your work together was done? As a therapist for over twenty years’ [...]

When I lived in England, I was surprised how many times I heard people say, “Sorry”. Not “I’m sorry”, just “Sorry”. It seemed like the [...]