by Melanie Greenberg, LSW It’s interesting to grow up with Taylor Swift and experience various milestones and heartbreaks along with her. Folklore and Evermore were incredibly important to me. I identify as a cottagecore queer, so the folky, soft lyrics that felt like warm candlelight became a source of comfort and helped me get through […]

By Melanie Greenberg, M.Ed, LSW Why is everyone so horny for Bridgerton? When I was a tweenager, going to the movies was one of the main highlights of my social life. Every weekend, my best friend and I would choose which movie we would like to spend our money on. Her parents would drop us […]

There is a terrible cliche that goes: “you cannot love someone else until you can love yourself”. Over the years, there have been so many interpretations based on the original quote that have strayed far from the truth. Most of the time people misinterpret that you must love yourself fully before you can give love. […]

Fernanda Formel, MFT How do we start talking about sex? Where do we even begin? As a sex therapist, I find there is not one perfect place to start and the important thing is to just START talking about sex. Sex can often feel like a taboo subject for a variety of reasons, but if […]

Leeor Gal, MFT Have you ever found yourself saying, “I always pick the wrong person to date!” Well, you’re not alone. Your entire life is a combination of experiences that has led you to where you are today. We are all born with our own innate qualities that develop through childhood and continue into our […]

If you follow me on instagram, you may know that this past week we’ve been talking a lot about boundaries. (And if you’re not following me on Instagram…click here to join us!) It seems that a lot of us struggle setting boundaries in various parts of our everyday lives, so I thought this week we’d expand on that! […]

Whether we are talking about relationships with friends, parents or significant others, there is a disturbing communication trend I’ve been seeing in my office and in the world lately. I call it….”taking away people’s pain” This trend typically starts when we are young. Our parents unknowingly interact with us this way and we learn to be afraid of our feelings […]