One of the questions I get asked a lot is if polyamory works or, more specifically, why it doesn’t work for some of the people I’m working with. To be clear, many of my clients are perfectly fine with their polypods but others keep running into the same issues. I have another post for some […]
I specialize in non-monogamous relationships. One thing has popped up repeatedly in the last few months, is what I call the post pandemic poly problem. It goes something like this: The couple started dating pre-pandemic and had a lot of fun. One of them was very clear about their polyamorous stance and the other one […]
Zentrale These des Buches ist ein Verständnis von Sex als Kommunikation mit der elementaren Botschaft des Angenommen-Seins: Das ist es, wonach wir uns sehnen, dass uns jemand will, so wie wir sind, mit Haut, Haaren, Stärken, Schwächen und Eigenheiten.
Consent: Kink, porn and #metoo There are two established rule sets in BDSM and kink: Safe, sane and consensual (SSC) kink and risk-aware consensual kink (RACK). The more recent RACK approach drops the idea of a sane decision for actions because, well, how do you determine what is sane? And replaces the unspecific idea of […]
You are struggling to decide whether to have another kid? You want one but something is keeping you? In a time and age where kids are no longer a life insurance and the world’s already overpopulated, this decision is becoming harder to make. If you are looking for arguments to feed your pro and con […]
For the longest time and way past my teenage years, I felt like a misfit. While this is a complex emotional topic and it took some self-development to overcome, I also felt like I didn’t fit because I was struggling to find my place in the universe. With every good and bad decision, I came […]
The ability to self-soothe is crucial for functioning relationships. It’s been over thirty years since “Passionate Marriage” made David Schnarch one of the most popular sex therapists on the planet. His approach altered our understanding of couple therapy and laid the foundation for a new tradition in the field. This article is for you, […]
Die Berliner Woche der seelischen Gesundheit hat sich in diesem Jahr das schöne Thema „Gemeinsam statt Einsam“ gesetzt. Mit einem bunten Programm laden verschiedene Initiativen zu einem Tag der offenen Tür ein. Auch in unserer Praxis bieten wir ein vielseitiges Programm. Ich freue mich schon darauf, die Arbeit meiner Kolleg*innen aus einem neuen Winkel kennen […]
Design is everywhere, design thinking has made it into most innovation labs, and design thinking coaches are going strong. Today I’m sharing an amazing article on how to apply design principles to life choices. Thank you Sam for sharing this with us. You can tell from the profound writing these are original thoughts put out […]
With small decisions potentially having huge impacts and seemingly big decisions shrinking to irrelevance in hindsight, I’ve been wondering if there really is a difference between big and small choices, and how to tell the difference. So, I wanted to write an article on the difference between big and small decisions but ended up reading […]