Conversations around body image have become polarized. At one end are the influencers like Tess Holliday, who champions the plus-size...

The simple act of chewing slower can remarkably promote healthy digestion and demote a slew of conditions related to poor nutrient...

Guilt is often misunderstood as shame. Shame is possibly the most destructive emotion because it desecrates the person rather than taking...

When your partner breaks trust, when a friend betrays a confidence, or when beloved family belittles you, it's going to sting. It is...

Expressed anger is often viewed as out of control emotion. It pushes people away or it draws them in to engage. Many people fear their...

Most clients in my practice arrive frustrated by fad or extreme dieting. Not only are the short-term gains pricey (between money and time...

For some of you, the pathway from awareness of homoeroticism to sexual reidentification will be the most grievous trial of your lives....

It's generally accepted that how we feel influences what we choose to eat or drink (mood to food). We chomp at the bit for just about any...

In 2005, many people swallowed hard, raised eyebrows, and giggled gayly at the portrayal of male-male love on the big screen. The setting...

We are saturated with uncertainty and unrest and it's weighing us down. Like a flaky phyllo pastry held together by butter that...

I love it when I am fully present in a moment and suddenly filled with inspiration to create. It's as if I get clunked upside the head...

In a recent MedScape article, Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, former NYC mental health commissioner, commented that the attacks on the World Trade...

Have you ever heard or read something that landed so densely in your body that you sprang up to a sitting position in bed because you...

You are not alone. Fears you may have of rejection, damnation, discrimination, embarrassment and self-distrust are felt by nearly every...

Weight loss starts in your brain. Changing food habits is a head game. Here’s why. Experts suggest it takes at least twenty-one days. I...

Prescripts for drinking 8 glasses of water a day for overall health is not a new concept. What if water could cure cancer, obesity,...

Within a few hours I was on the receiving end of two different women’s postings expressing pain of female martyrdom. The two women are...

To date I’ve lost over 1000 lbs. That doesn’t make me a success story or hero any more than it makes me a yo-yo dieter. I’ve gained over...

We enter into young adulthood and have our first sexual experiences and that sometimes becomes the baseline for how all other...

Why does our culture find it comforting to assign labels to behavior or emotion or status? Do people feel better naming things? Does that...