Online dating is becoming more popular, but may come with more risks Last week a friend and I were watching a program called “Date with the Devil.” It was a true-crime show which, in this case, profiled a couple who had met on some dating app and she was later…

“Winter blues” affects many people; here’s how to diagnose yourself Has your normally-active and fun sex drive seem to have fallen off lately, if not completely disappeared? Do you have less spring in your step these days? How about eating and sleeping: are you doing a LOT of either or…

You, your potential spouse. and any future children may be glad you read this “The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.” — Helen Mirren, actor So you’ve found someone you want to “settle down with” in the traditional sense of getting married…

Something that surely many people need to hear It was last year, I believe, when my wonderful therapist said, “I don’t think you’re bat-shit crazy, Carlene! You’re just you.” …

There are a few similarities to the two diseases “In some ways, COVID-19 is kind of like STDs (sexually transmitted diseases, what were called venereal diseases in the 70s),” said a dear friend of mine several months ago. She explained that in the case of both the coronavirus and, say…

This is partially due to limited access to care and treatment, which should concern us all We all know, from eight-plus months of stories and endless information on the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, that it’s a so-called equal opportunity sickness: it strikes everyone, regardless of age, gender, or economic…

A three-step guide toward moving forward So, how are you all doing with those things, great and small, that you promised to do because of lockdowns and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Not very well? You’re not alone. Not everyone has — including myself — achieved all they planned…

Your mindset, words and actions become your kids’ reality; choose them wisely There’s the terrible twos, terrible threes on up to the terrible teens, 20s, 30s and beyond. It never ends…. The above quote was uttered by my late, great mom more than 30 years ago. To my perception that…

Even though circumstances may lead you to believe otherwise In the current state of the world — with the coronavirus pandemic coupled with the worldwide unrest that was sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May — one would think that civility, respect and…