Category Archives for Coronavirus
The Holidays and COVID; 7 Critical Ways Couples Can Manage This Tough Conversation
Now we are managing the holidays and COVID, is it about time to rewrite your family traditions? All families have traditions and rituals. In my family of origin, Easter was a huge deal. We all
Continue reading10 Sure-Fire Ways to Curb Doomscrolling for Marital Happiness
What is Doomscrolling? Doomscrolling is the compulsive consumption of problem-saturated media content. The scroll describes the endless feed of posts, memes, and articles many of which feed our plugged-in
Continue reading5 Little-Known Secrets From Social Neuroscience and COVID Stress
What is Social Neuroscience? Social neuroscience is a cross-disciplinary area of research. It’s more of a “hard science”; examining how genetic, cellular, hormonal, and neurologic pathways
Continue reading5 Powerful Ways to Stop Feeling Lonely in a Relationship During COVID
The paradox of feeling lonely in a long-term relationship Our homes and our relationships certainly do not look like they did just a short time ago. You are surrounded by stressors, both external and
Continue readingCouples, COVID, and Cheating
I asked my colleague Michele Weiner Davis what she has been thinking about lately, and she kindly offered me this updated guest blogpost. Couples, COVID, and Cheating Because of COVID-19, couples all
Continue readingIs COVID-19 Contributing to a Measurable Rise in Virtual Affairs?
Infidelity in Lockdown…Are Virtual Affairs on the Rise? Evidence on the mental health implications of the pandemic lockdown has been mounting. The more we are stressed by COVID-19, the more we seek
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