Dr. Marla's Blog
Collect Yourself: What to Do When You’re Being Strung Along
As we humans have evolved, we seem to want more stuff. So we collect. We collect things like shoes, smartphones, academic degrees, handbags, fun experiences, ...
KISS Your Man’s “E-spot”
I was sitting with one of my best friends the other day (who happens to be male and also my husband), and we were discussing ...
Know Thyself: What is Personal Intimacy Anyway?
My clients often come into my office wondering how to bring greater joy into their lives. We all – myself included – are looking for ...
Intimacy InterCourse: Project Relationship
Hellllllloooooo, Designeeeeeeeerrrs! Your challenge beginning today will be to choose all the materials you need to design a fabulous relationship! You will incorporate these materials ...
Intimacy InterCourse: After “The Apology”
Here’s a scenario that plays itself out almost daily in my practice… Couples argue. They scream and yell and curse at each other. Shoes have ...
Don’t Look! Into Me See…
Intimacy… Into Me See. Over the past few weeks I\’ve been asked by people very close to me – including my uber-successful (and competitive) sister ...
The Second Coming of The Weiner Epidemic: Prophylaxis
When I first brought you “The Weiner Epidemic: Disease of Disconnect,” I was (hopefully) offering insight into the role that intimacy – or the lack ...
You Rule!
Lately I’ve noticed that people are spending a lot of their time coming up with ways to NOT follow Rules. If there’s a Rule lurking ...
The Weiner Epidemic: Disease of Disconnect
So we now have a face and a name (with a capital W) to be the poster-child and fall-guy for the oft-maligned, yet essentially innocent ...
Letting Id All Hang Out
Ah, yes.. the id. That Freudian psychoanalytic term for the part of our personality made up of unconscious energy existing to satisfy all our basic ...
Throw a Wrench in It!
Everything in my life happens in themes. I have learned over the years to simply step aside and see what themes emerge. Although I’ve received ...