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HAMDEN — As a first-time bride, Ruth Franz’s life these last few weeks has been a whirlwind of wedding showers, cake-ordering, turning bridal shops upside down and tending to all the last minute details. Franz wants everything as perfect as possible because it’s been a long wait for Mr. Right. Franz, of Milford, is 85...

Married people are happier than non-married people, or so most of the research on the subject has suggested. But does marriage really make people happier, or are happier people just more likely to get married? This is something social scientists have argued about for some time, and a new review of the literature published by the National Bureau of Economic...

“the expression one wears on one’s face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one’s back.” – Dale Carnegie This is a fun post about smiling. Why fun? Well let’s face it, when we’re smiling we are normally having a pretty good time! If you were to ask someone who knows me to...

A March 2014 survey by psychologists who study happiness identified “ten keys to happier living” and daily habits that make people genuinely happy. In an unexpected finding, the psychologists at the University of Hertfordshire who performed the survey found that the habit which corresponded most closely with being happy—and satisfied with overall life—is self-acceptance. Unfortunately, self-acceptance was also the...

Love, acceptance, respect, to be desired, security, passion, are all things a woman may want in her relationship.  As a matter of fact these are basics that probably everyone wants. There are certainly others and each person has specific desires.  What I want to focus on here is the specific aspect of emotional safety in...

“What is love?” is perhaps one of the most pondered about questions of our existence. Is it a feeling? An emotion? Is it who we are? Is it something we all feel? Love can make us feel and do many different things in our lives and today we’re going to explore the idea that there...

What if there was a study dedicated to unearthing the secrets to a happy and purposeful life? It would have to be conducted over the course of many decades, following the lives of real people from childhood until old age, in order to see how they changed and what they learned. And it would probably...

“I need somebody to love,” sang the Beatles, and they got it right. Love and health are intertwined in surprising ways. Humans are wired for connection, and when we cultivate good relationships, the rewards are immense. But we’re not necessarily talking about spine-tingling romance. “There’s no evidence that the intense, passionate stage of a new...

I found her to be a very attractive lady, well spoken, intelligent, kind and polite. She was on time and our conversations flowed well and we hope to stay in touch. I am not exactly sure what else to say so, if you want to call me, you may. She had beautiful blue eyes, wonderful...

“I was talking to my friend about that last week,” a 20-something client explained to me in a recent session, following up on a previous discussion we had about her relationship anxiety. “What did she say?” I asked. “She told me that she’s struggling with the same thing. We actually had a really good talk about...