Who’s got the power in your sexual relationship?
For many of us, sex is more about power than about sex.
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Mira Kirshenbaum
May 4, 20213 min read
It’s splitsville for the Gates’: what this means for you
I know what you’re asking. “How could the sudden announcement that Bill and Melinda Gates are getting divorced have anything to do with me?”
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 30, 20213 min read
First aid for your sex life
When things go wrong with your sexual relationship, it feels bad in a very special way, one that makes both of you feel very vulnerable.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 28, 20214 min read
Stupid things smart people say
Welcome to the first in an occasional series on the stupid things smart people say. The goal isn’t to humiliate the rich and famous.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 27, 20215 min read
How to make your relationship survive your differences
Our life’s work has been to put ourselves out of business. Hasn’t worked so far, but as you can see, we’re still in there punching.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 24, 20214 min read
Can your relationship survive your differences?
If you want to get right into the guts of how relationships really work, you have to understand the role differences play.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 22, 20214 min read
Hey, how’d you like more emotional energy?
According to New York Times, there’s a new thing called languishing. Except it’s not a new thing, and we’ve already written a book about it.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Something just happened in my marriage
About a week ago my husband said he wanted to talk to me about something. Yeah, it was one of those, “We need to talk,” moments.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 17, 20215 min read
Should I hate the advice in my own book?
I never liked Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, now twenty-five years old. I should have. What’s not to like?
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 14, 20214 min read
Emergency! You just screwed up! What do you do now!!
“You always hurt the one you love” is more than just a number 1 Billboard hit for the Mills Brothers in 1944. It’s a sad fact of life.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 13, 20213 min read
You fall out of like before you fall out of love
When it comes to relationships, liking and disliking is a way more potent force than loving and not loving.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Making love come alive in your relationship
That’s what I want to do now: get you inspired, fired up, around the idea of bringing the love back into your relationship.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 8, 20215 min read
Is your partner a power person?
What is a Power Person? Well, a Power Person is not just a powerful person.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 6, 20214 min read
It’s up to you: do you want to say something momentarily gratifying or genuinely useful?
What we call “giving someone a piece of our mind” is really just a power move.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 3, 20214 min read
You think your partner’s just too powerful for you. Now what?
There are three kinds of power advantages a person can have, and each involves its own solutions.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Apr 1, 20214 min read
What was killing all those women during childbirth?
I don’t know anything about his bedside manner, but no doctor was more dedicated to saving women’s lives than Ignaz Semmelweis.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 30, 20214 min read
Who gets the scarce resources in your relationship?
A super-rich older a**hole digs up a soon-to-be aging model and proposes a prenup...I mean, a marriage to her.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 27, 20213 min read
On loving better
There is nothing sexier, more romantic, more endearing than making your partner feel you’ve really heard them.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 24, 20214 min read
The Learning Self
We can heal ourselves. We do that all the time. We do that through our body’s immune system. What’s more, the immune system can learn.
Mira Kirshenbaum
Mar 23, 20214 min read
When things aren’t changing fast enough for you
You’re working on your relationship, you think, doing everything you can, but nothing seems to make a difference.
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