by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jul 14, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Whether it’s the man or the woman, at one point, one person will shut down. And there is nothing the other person can do about it. They can beg or cry or yell, nothing works. They’re stuck. Out in the cold. Find out the 7 reasons why and why all their...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jun 30, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
I feel really bad about last Thursday’s live. I said it was going to be a hands-on workshop and somehow or the other, it didn’t turn out to be. So I’m making it up to you this week. Big time. One thing you will get to know about me in this group is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jun 23, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Why should you care about what Self energy is? That’s like saying, why should you care if someone is about to come after you with a baseball bat. Let me explain. Think a moment to your most important relationship and how it feels right now. Think about the...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | May 26, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Why is it that some people go to therapy for many months with zero improvement? Why is it that even in a great couples program like mine, some people need more time? Why is it that in order to heal and make a great marriage, some couples need to be separated? Why...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | May 19, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Researchers have learned that being romantically in love goes way beyond passion. You know those SSRI’s that depressed people take? What’s in them? Well, they stand for “selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors.” The idea is to inhibit –...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | May 12, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Sometimes I get the image of a rodeo, or a roundup thing. You know, the guys with the rope trying to get the steer down. Branding? What do I know? I’m a New Yorker. But the image is so strong with me – It’s the women (mostly) tugging and pulling...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | May 5, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
The worst thing in the world to Jim was to be dominated. He absolutely could not stand that. It was an attack on his Self-hood, his identity. “No one, not a boss, not a wife, not a child, no one should dominate me,” was his theme song. Well, not a song....
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 28, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Why do you fight? Parts. Why do you go numb? Parts. Why do you want to escape? Parts. There are parts of you that do not do or want to do what is in your best interest. They mean well, don’t get me wrong. All our parts have good intentions. BUT. . . And this is...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Apr 14, 2022 | Marriage and Relationships
Can you guess how many people have messaged me that their partner thinks “I don’t need to change”? Well, they’re right. They don’t. And neither to you. And neither does anyone. See, they didn’t realize that. They got defensive...
