Dr. Sheri’s Quick Tip of the Day
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes DO YOU LOVE YOUR PARTNER BUT IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE MORE FRIENDS THAN LOVERS? Feeling more like roommates than lovers these days? You’re not alone. The number one challenge for many couples in long term relationships is learning how to stay intimately & romantically connected while managing the demands and distractions of everyday life. …
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Relationship Rx: Dr. Sheri’s Prescriptions for Partners THE ROAD FROM SELF PROTECTION BACK TO CONNECTION Usually whatever we are fighting about can be boiled down to one of the following bottom lines: ‘I don’t feel loved.’ “I don’t feel heard.” “I don’t feel understood.” However, when we go into self-protection and fear, our…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Why Couples Should Have a Social Media Prenup- Dr. Sheri Meyers on CBS News As you may know, I’m a big proponent of and very passionate about the need for couples to have a “social media prenup” discussion. Basically, it’s an agreement in place BEFORE anything goes wrong and an understanding about what to do…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes Nobody “gets” you the way your sweetheart does. The connection you feel with them is out of this world. It’s as if you’ve known each other your entire life. You can barely stand to be apart. If this isn’t real love, what is? Right?
Actually, not so fast. There’s a big difference between REAL LOVE and infatuation based EMOTIONAL SEX.
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Making Up After Breaking Up: Read This First It’s over! You’ve broken up. You’ve dumped or have been dumped. It feels final and real. You’ve hired attorneys, filed or are already divorced. You thought that you were successfully moving on, but it’s Friday night and you’re facing what feels like another long, lonely…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes When your partner is having a cyber, emotional, or sexual affair, sometimes the most subtle clues can be big “red flags” that signal a destructive secret is hiding underneath the surface. Here’s a quick “Affair B-Aware” reality checklist of cheating red flags that can help you determine if your partner is cheating.
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Bring the Sexy Back into Your Relationship Do you still love your partner, but you’re just not “feeling it” anymore? I am often asked by many couples, “What does it take to jump start our stagnated relationship and revive the passion that first brought us together?” I tell them that the number one challenge…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Why You Should Forgive Your Cheating Partner “When I discovered my husband had an affair I was both devastated and furious, but what I didn’t expect after confronting him is that he would blame me for his infidelity!” In my private practice as a relationship therapist and infidelity expert, I hate to tell you how…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Why does it seem so easy for others to find and connect with their soulmate but so pull-your-hair-out complicated for you? Love isn’t about searching for and finally finding something or someone out there to unlock the doors to your heart. Love is abundant in the world and all you need to know is how to tap into it. When you do, you will never feel alone and will bask in the glow of love, always.
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Confronting Your Cheating Partner- What You Need to Know and Do The signs are there. You suspect your partner is cheating and having a cyber, emotional or physical affair. You might be feeling betrayed, hurt and unsure how to proceed. Your natural impulse is to immediately confront your partner and let them have it.…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Ah, the lure of social media. Logging on to talk with ‘friends’ can bring instant relief to feelings of loneliness, stress and boredom, supplying an unlimited source of entertainment, connection, conversation and stimulation anytime, anyplace 24/7. All that attention equates to love in our mind.
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes 5 Warning Signs That Your Relationship is Vulnerable to Cheating Infidelity and Emotional Sex: How to Tell if You’re Chatting or Cheating It all starts innocently enough. You become friends with the sexy co-worker and decide to carpool to work together. You share stories with a parent while attending your child’s sport activities. You become…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes You feel very popular. All day long, you’re texting, posting comments on a social media site, and responding to endless e-mails. You’re making friends and influencing people. But in doing so, you may be ignoring your partner. They may feel hurt and jealous because of all the time and energy you’re devoting to your cyber…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Life Reboot: 9 Strategies to Deal with Change, Shake Ups and Stressors When we are hit hard with a BIG life change, expected or unexpected, it is stressful to say the least. When we are young, we intuitively know how to calm ourselves, be it holding our blankie, sucking our thumb, crying, or reaching…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes We Can Work This Out! Avoiding a Power Struggle You’re in the middle of another argument with your partner. They’re driving you crazy. Can’t they see that you’re obviously right, and they’re so totally wrong? Their sense of logic confounds you. You can hardly believe that they aren’t budging from their stance. Why don’t they…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Healing After Infidelity Reworking and rebuilding a relationship after infidelity isn’t easy, but neither is dissolving one. “What am I supposed to do? I have a constant pain in my gut. I can’t even look at my husband without getting nauseous or crying. Do I continue to cook his meals? Sleep with him? He wants…
How Long of a Read: 2 minutes Happy Couple’s Secret Love Code DR. SHERI’S RELATIONSHIP RX TODAY’S LOVE PRESCRIPTION HAPPY COUPLES OFTEN HAVE A SECRET CODE for expressing their affection and saying “I love you.” “I value you.” “YOU are important to me.” It can a gentle touch when walking by, a wink and a certain smile, a pet name that…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes Breaking Up During the Holidays- 12 Tips for Bringing Back Your Joy This year, instead of a house filled with delight and stockings full of gifts, home for the holidays is taking on a new meaning. Your relationship has been given its walking papers, and suddenly, all you want for the holidays is…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes When does being constantly connected and forming cyber relationships cross the line between one of life’s little pleasures into a full-blown and dangerous cyber- addiction? Take this quiz to find out…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Internet Rehab-Dr. Sheri’s Tips for Cutting Down the Clicks Recovering from an Internet addiction is just like recovering from any other addiction. In addition to committing to Internet “rehab”, you’ll need to address the underlying problems that led to your becoming susceptible to it in the first place, such as boredom, anxiety and depression.…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes Remember a time when you couldn’t keep your hands off your partner? One look, one touch, and you’d spend all day glowing in what felt like an all-consuming passion. You seemed to have endless energy and time for romance and lovemaking.
But, now that you’ve been together a while, things have changed…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Body Language-What is My Body Really Saying? The way you talk, listen, look, hug, make love, move and react all speak volumes about the state of your emotions and what your body really wants to say. What silent (or not so silent) signals are you sending? Often it’s the things you don’t say that…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes It’s Over! 10 Tips for Turning Your Break Up into a Breakthrough You just got dumped, or maybe you broke up with someone. You just want to curl up and retreat from the world. It doesn’t matter if it was a long-term relationship, a short-lived cyber affair, an unrequited love or a good friends-with-benefits arrangement.…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Is it Cheating? Take the Quiz. Recently, I appeared as a guest on the CBS New York talk show, “The Couch”, during which we discussed the red flags of infidelity with the three co-hosts. We had a great time playing a little game that I call “Chatting or Cheating?” Here’s how it went: I presented…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes When Does Facebook Flirting Become Cheating? Imagine for a moment that someone you met on Facebook sent you a message saying they thought you were incredibly sexy and attractive. If you were in a committed, monogamous relationship and responded with your own flirtatious, suggestive comment, would that be chatting or cheating? Ricki Lake recently invited…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes My partner is cheating on me. What should I do? The signs are there. You suspect your partner is cheating and having a cyber, emotional or physical affair. You might be feeling betrayed, hurt and unsure how to proceed. Your natural impulse is to immediately confront your partner and let them have it. However, a…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Read This Before You Send That Sexy Text Innocent texts that morph into full-blown affairs are now so common that one Los Angeles-based family therapist advises all married couples to have a conversation about what constitutes cheating. “Do not assume that everything is okay and that you’re on the same page,” says couple’s…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Well, here’s the real reason guys apparently cheat more than women do: Their uncontrollable sex drives In two studies on how men and women respond to sexual temptation, researchers found that men reported stronger sexual impulses and acted on those impulses more than women did. Not a huge surprise, right? However, this proclivity…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Social Media and Other Relationships PreNups – Crazy or Necessary? Marriage is for better or for worse—sort of. The biggest trend in prenuptial agreements are “lifestyle clauses” that put rules and restrictions on everything from your social media use to how often her in-laws can visit. These types of clauses may sound nuts—and the…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes In an age where we are constantly seeking instant gratification through our social media connections, more couples are seeking the so-called “social media prenup,” a written document, or often simply a discussion, that addresses what’s acceptable to share online about each other, sometimes with serious consequences.
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Do You Have a Social Media PreNup? We want digital prenup! An embarrassing Facebook post can wreck a romance, so some couples are going to extremes to adjust their relationship sharing settings, with “social media prenuptial agreements” being drawn up by lawyers around New York and beyond. “Social media is here to stay,”…
How Long of a Read: 7 minutes You handle work, family and finances with finesse. You’re an alpha woman and proud of it — but when it comes to hopping into the driver’s seat in the bedroom, maybe you’re a little rusty. When it comes to sex, sometimes the little things like initiating, saying exactly what you want and planning a sexy (not cheesy) romantic night can be daunting. Here are some fun and sexy secrets on how to step up, speak up and get the sex you’ve always wanted
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Ah, social media. You’ve got followers, friends, and even strangers liking what you did today. With every new notification, you get a little shot of dopamine (that’s the feel-good chemical that fires off in pleasure-seeking situations, as in jumping off a plane or, well, doing drugs). So, you want to keep pressing refresh to get…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes Chatting or Cheating? How to Tell – Galtime Interview with Dr. Sheri Meyers I’m so happy to share with you my interview with Malia Karlinsky, the Love and Sex Editor at Galtime. Enjoy ♥ Love, Sheri These days, conveniences like email, texting and social media have made it easier than ever to connect with others. But for…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Read This Before You Send That Sexy Text Innocent texts that morph into full-blown affairs are now so common that one Los Angeles-based family therapist advises all married couples to have a conversation about what constitutes cheating. “Do not assume that everything is okay and that you’re on the same page,” says couple’s…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes When your partner is having a cyber, emotional, or sexual affair, sometimes the most subtle clues can be big “red flags” that signal a destructive secret is hiding underneath the surface. Here’s a quick “Affair B-Aware” reality checklist of cheating red flags that can help you determine if your partner is cheating.
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Well, here’s the real reason guys apparently cheat more than women do: Their uncontrollable sex drives In two studies on how men and women respond to sexual temptation, researchers found that men reported stronger sexual impulses and acted on those impulses more than women did. Not a huge surprise, right? However, this proclivity…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Why You Should Forgive Your Cheating Partner “When I discovered my husband had an affair I was both devastated and furious, but what I didn’t expect after confronting him is that he would blame me for his infidelity!” In my private practice as a relationship therapist and infidelity expert, I hate to tell you how…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Confronting Your Cheating Partner- What You Need to Know and Do The signs are there. You suspect your partner is cheating and having a cyber, emotional or physical affair. You might be feeling betrayed, hurt and unsure how to proceed. Your natural impulse is to immediately confront your partner and let them have it.…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes 5 Warning Signs That Your Relationship is Vulnerable to Cheating Infidelity and Emotional Sex: How to Tell if You’re Chatting or Cheating It all starts innocently enough. You become friends with the sexy co-worker and decide to carpool to work together. You share stories with a parent while attending your child’s sport activities. You become…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes You feel very popular. All day long, you’re texting, posting comments on a social media site, and responding to endless e-mails. You’re making friends and influencing people. But in doing so, you may be ignoring your partner. They may feel hurt and jealous because of all the time and energy you’re devoting to your cyber…
How Long of a Read: 4 minutes Healing After Infidelity Reworking and rebuilding a relationship after infidelity isn’t easy, but neither is dissolving one. “What am I supposed to do? I have a constant pain in my gut. I can’t even look at my husband without getting nauseous or crying. Do I continue to cook his meals? Sleep with him? He wants…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes When does being constantly connected and forming cyber relationships cross the line between one of life’s little pleasures into a full-blown and dangerous cyber- addiction? Take this quiz to find out…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Internet Rehab-Dr. Sheri’s Tips for Cutting Down the Clicks Recovering from an Internet addiction is just like recovering from any other addiction. In addition to committing to Internet “rehab”, you’ll need to address the underlying problems that led to your becoming susceptible to it in the first place, such as boredom, anxiety and depression.…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes Is it Cheating? Take the Quiz. Recently, I appeared as a guest on the CBS New York talk show, “The Couch”, during which we discussed the red flags of infidelity with the three co-hosts. We had a great time playing a little game that I call “Chatting or Cheating?” Here’s how it went: I presented…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes Ah, social media. You’ve got followers, friends, and even strangers liking what you did today. With every new notification, you get a little shot of dopamine (that’s the feel-good chemical that fires off in pleasure-seeking situations, as in jumping off a plane or, well, doing drugs). So, you want to keep pressing refresh to get…
How Long of a Read: 5 minutes Chatting or Cheating? How to Tell – Galtime Interview with Dr. Sheri Meyers I’m so happy to share with you my interview with Malia Karlinsky, the Love and Sex Editor at Galtime. Enjoy ♥ Love, Sheri These days, conveniences like email, texting and social media have made it easier than ever to connect with others. But for…
How Long of a Read: 3 minutes When Does Facebook Flirting Become Cheating? Imagine for a moment that someone you met on Facebook sent you a message saying they thought you were incredibly sexy and attractive. If you were in a committed, monogamous relationship and responded with your own flirtatious, suggestive comment, would that be chatting or cheating? Ricki Lake recently invited…
How Long of a Read: 6 minutes My partner is cheating on me. What should I do? The signs are there. You suspect your partner is cheating and having a cyber, emotional or physical affair. You might be feeling betrayed, hurt and unsure how to proceed. Your natural impulse is to immediately confront your partner and let them have it. However, a…
