Welcome to my blog. Here I share honest, no-nonsense writing about relationships, intimacy, and mental health. My goal is simple: to give you tools, insights, and encouragement you can use in real life.

Whether you are struggling in your marriage, navigating a sexless relationship, or simply looking to understand yourself better, you will find something here worth your time.

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Gottman’s Marriage Killers

“A romantic and sexual long-term committed relationship with another human remains the greatest gift life can offer” – John M Gottman PH.D. ‘The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work.’ The greatest gift life can offer. It’s worth giving that some…

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Improve Your Self-Esteem

I imagine we are all grappling with self-esteem to a greater or lesser degree depending on how we live and how honest we are about our successes and failures. Life is extremely challenging and complex and getting good at it…

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Your Childhood Matters.

It is relatively well understood nowadays that our early relationships establish templates or patterns that we tend to apply to all subsequent relationships. This is the nurture in nature/nurture and wonderful news if your early relationships were warm, attentive, and…

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Life is Difficult

One of the first books I read on the psychology of love, traditional values, and spiritual growth was The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck. A great book to read if you think you’d like to improve the way…