*This was originally a schmoozeletter email* I once read someone describe the time period we're living through as "the age of metaphor."...

*This was originally a schmoozeletter email in 2021 Do you have any things that most people dislike but you kind of like? For me, it's...

This was originally published as a subscriber schmoozeletter email, a few years ago: Today I was thinking about something that happened...

Hi:) Trying something new. You might know that I send out a weekly email as a free subscription. It's been several years now, and I had...

Dear America: Thank You for Having Us Growing up, one of the central messages I absorbed from both my home and school was the importance...

“What's the biggest struggle you see in couples today?” This is one of the most common questions couples therapists hear, and there’s...

When I was a kid, there was this mean teasing game kids played on each other, by simply repeating everything one person said. I haven't...

April 14th, 2014 Four children- raised in the same home, by the same parents- with vastly different personalities and needs… it’s a...

I used to blog at least once a month, approximately. But I haven't posted since October and there's a reason. It’s been six months since...

What do you say when there’s nothing to say? The email request from the editor to write about the only thing on most of our minds came in...

What a jarring wake up call. Last week, I was reading the book “No Bad Parts” by Dr. Richard Schwartz. I chose it intentionally for this...

Trigger warning: this post will be more explicit than usual. (It's excerpted from one of the schmoozeletter emails) Often, when working...

Dear Elisheva, Every year around this time I struggle with the idea of asking and granting what feels like lip-service forgiveness. As...

Parented by G-d, and Parenting G-d’s Children One of the most challenging, if unoriginal, theological struggles for me personally has...

Dear Elisheva, I’m a 43 year old wife, mom, and professional. I have a happy marriage, amazing kids, and a satisfying job. My oldest...

TW: This post references sexual trauma. “What’s the most common problem you see in couples?” someone asked me this weekend. Therapists...

Dear Elisheva, My husband and I were raised very differently, in a lot of ways. One way that comes up deeply for us, in our parenting, is...

Let’s consider this changed-to-protect-writer’s-identity question, as a springboard to address some issues that arise for couples around...

The Unconsummated Couple They present for therapy with so much shame, sometimes blaming themselves, sometimes each other, or just one of...

“We wish we had died! We wish we had died!” Cry out the people who personally experienced miraculous salvation. “If only we had died in...