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Quick Tips: How Parents Can Maintain A Great Marriage

I posed an important question to our panel of YourTango Experts: What’s one thing that parents can do today to make sure they put their...

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Justice RBG is at it again! This time, wedding gay men

We are expecting the decision on same-sex marriage from the Supreme court sometime in June. Until then, the media are watching every...

Getting the Sex you Want

The Modern Family: Platonic Parenting

Some families have been trying a different approach for many years: platonic parenting. Many couples seek couples therapy trying to...

Infidelity & Affairs

Who is more jealous? Men or Women?

Over the years, many relationship experts have discussed how heterosexual men and women are different in how they experience jealousy....

Getting the Sex you Want

No time for weekly therapy? A Couples Intensive may be the answer

Create a deeper love based on more sexual intimacy and better communication during a Couples Intensive with Tammy Nelson. When the...

Other Sexual Issues

Tammy was on Nerdist’s Sex Nerd Sandra podcast!

I had no idea how popular the podcast world has become! After my recent podcast with Sex Nerd Sandra, I received hundreds of emails with...

Getting the Sex you Want

Slipping into a sexual slump?

Are you finding yourself feigning a headache to get out of having sex with your lover? Has the honeymoon phase disappeared long ago? I...

Infidelity & Affairs

Why does Mindfulness Matter in Relationships?

Mindfulness is a hot buzz word right now, but it’s for a good reason. It works. Mindfulness is being attentive to the emotions and...

Getting the Sex you Want

Video: How do you attract the perfect partner?

Anyone familiar with my work (Getting The Sex You Want or The New Monogamy) knows that a happy marriage full of love isn’t a magical...

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Hockey teaches us about love

In America most of us sports fan are engrossed in either Baseball or Football. In Canada, the popular sport obsession is hockey. Hockey...

Getting the Sex you Want

Negotiating and navigating open marriage

Can we discover what we want and don’t want in our monogamy agreement through others’ experiences? Some learn by doing, some learn by...

For Therapists

Healing the heart through intimacy

There is more to healing and being whole than showing up in therapy once a week or taking a medication for your depression. I know, I may...

Getting the Sex you Want

Why is it so hard to talk to each other?

When you are frustrated with your partner, communicating your feelings may be a good way to get it out. But sometimes we are afraid to...

Getting the Sex you Want

Guest Blog: Dr. Shaler on the importance of Thank You

At home, we don’t appreciate—we expect! We say things like, “If you really love me, you would ______.” Expectations delivered in a...

Infidelity & Affairs

So your partner cheated – can you really trust them again?

Many couples who come see me have experienced some betrayal in their relationship – a physical, emotional, or even financial betrayal can...

Parenting

Polyamorous family: Two wives give birth within a month of each other

This story about a happy polyamorous family from Oakland, CA shows how any family can create success when they work on communication and...

Parenting

Parenting: Teach Your Kids How to have Healthy Relationships

Most parents will say they want a better life for their kids than they have had. Parents are a child’s first and most important role...

Getting the Sex you Want

Spring is coming! Grow and Renew Your Relationship in Fiji this Summer

As spring here in the Northeast of the U.S. fast approaches, I get so excited to see the trees and flowers come back to life. Even though...

Infidelity & Affairs

Why is marriage harder now than ever before?

Marriage today faces some incredible challenges, possibly more than ever before in history. Modern couples don’t just struggle with basic...

Infidelity & Affairs

Divorce isn’t a naughty word

Much of my work with couples is in the effort to save their marriage following infidelity, loss of sexual desire, or some other damage to...

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