Passion 101

National Humor Month: Laugh Your Relationship Healthy! As we wind down April as National Humor Month, I want to remind you that by adding laughter into your relationship, you can definitely improve it.  You absolutely can laugh your relationship healthy! One of my recommendations to every couple I have worked with over the last twenty [...]

Passion Tip: Hug Until Relaxed You probably won’t be surprised to learn that many of the couples I have worked with over the past twenty years have had sexual difficulties in their relationship.  When doing sex therapy, one simple exercise I have the couple do on our first session is both diagnostic to me as [...]

Cheating Husbands Prefer Toyotas, Really? A recent survey of adulterers found that men preferred Toyotas and women preferred Hondas.  As a couples counselor, I’m not quite sure how this data is relevant, yet it is a piece of some puzzle.  Does it mean that having an affair isn’t a romantic, high class “affair” for most [...]

Divorce Expo: A Sign Of The Times? Recently I read that there was a “Divorce Expo” in New York. It was touted as a kind of “one stop shopping” for those seeking out divorce services (legal, psychological, matchmaking, anti-aging, health and beauty, finances). About 40 exhibitors displayed their wares for two days to a crowd [...]

What are YOUR Relationship Resolutions? As the “Passion Doctor”, my work is to help couples have more romance, more passion, more sexuality and more intimacy in their live.  And around the time of the new year, the question of relationship resolutions is an important one to reflect upon. I’ve reviewed my previous Passion 101 blog [...]

Pumpkin Pie Can Help Your Sex Life! As “The Passion Doctor”, I’m always on the lookout for ways to create more passion in your relationship.  And around the Holidays, we often overindulge in food, which can leave us more like beached whales then sex machines. So you’ll love this passion tip, especially between Thanksgiving and [...]

81.7% Of Married Men Surveyed Are Frustrated, Dissatisfied And Want To Improve Their Sex Life As the “Passion Doctor”, I’ve been writing the Passion 101 Blog for over three years to help committed couples in long-term relationships keep that spark of romance and passion alive.  A big part of my work with couples is to [...]

Do You Practice The Seven Kinds Of Sex? One of the main reasons couples choose to work with me in counseling of telephone/Skype coaching is that they are having issues “in the bedroom.”  Not enough sex and/or not the “right” kind of sex are big issues that I work with every week in my private [...]

I was a recent presenter for the “Summer of Love” series sponsored by my friends  Nancy Burke Barr and Deb Stevens at Smart Biz Builders. My topic was ROMANCE and in addition to giving you three tools to bump up the romance in your relationship, I also shared how to sustain your love affair with your BUSINESS! [...]

Is “Doing Your Best” Good Enough In Your Relationship? In the humanistic school of psychotherapy, we often take the perspective that our clients are “doing the best they can with the resources they have available to them.”  These resources include  their childhood upbringing, their genetics, their support system and all of the experiences that have [...]