Dr. Jordan
You’ve heard of the old research finding that married men live longer than single or divorced men. Of course, that statistic depends upon the quality of their marriages. Nevertheless, I’m going to add my own controversial prediction, drawn from years of clinical experience: if your love life is healthy, single or married, man or woman,…
Read MoreI have decided to rewrite this post a couple of times because of what I’ve learned about this topic from the commentary and reactions sent to me over the many months since I’ve posted it. This post is a lot different from the others I have written on this blog. One important difference is the…
Read MoreIf you love a married woman and you’re in a love relationship with her, read this post. You are engaged in what is commonly thought of as a ‘triangle.’ Triangles are rough on the heart. Fundamentally, they are unstable, like three legs on a table. Something always goes wrong, or at least it should, because…
Read MoreIn this article, I am going to try to dispassionately examine the use of AI as a psychotherapist for individuals suffering from mental illness. Although the reader may intuit from the title of this post that I am against this “intrusion” of technology into the realm of interpersonal healing. Like the experience of being in…
Read MoreEmotional intimacy is the healthiest form of human relationship. Interpersonal health and healing are significant in an emotionally intimate relationship. When an interpersonal relationship is not emotionally intimate it is driven by other motivations beyond love and closeness. Getting people to do things is a common source of interpersonal relationship especially when the objectives are…
Read MoreMost people don’t consider the fact that they have a relationship with themselves. This oversight is very costly psychologically, because the relationship we have with ourselves forms the unconscious foundation of just about everything else in our psychological and interpersonal lives. To say the least, the relationship you have with yourself is well worth bringing…
Read MoreIt is obvious to most people that we have begun what some people refer to as the “AI Revolution.” A time in history when the machine, as a consequence of technological evolution, has become capable of accurately mimicking human beings. AI is able to interact with its user as though it is another human being.…
Read MoreWe come into this world needing love. Love is essential to life and health. When newly born infants are deprived of love there are dire physical and emotional consequences. There are old studies that examined the dire consequences of being born and institutionalized without love. Sickness and behavioral disorder are a common aftereffect. Infant humans…
Read MoreIf you’re in a love relationship and you can’t stop cheating, the first step is to consider the idea that you have an emotional problem. Plainly put, you have an underlying problem with emotional intimacy. If you can accept that you have a love life problem, with enough self-dedication, you’ll be able to change…
Read MoreLove takes three forms in adulthood: the love we give to another, the love we give to ourselves, and the love we get when love is given to us. Let’s talk about each one of these separately. First there is the love we give to another. This is basically a “self-less” love meant to build up…
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