by Dr Aletta | Mar 7, 2013 | Family Matters, Self-Esteem
Editor’s note: Before I ever met her I was a fan of Dr. Delisle, our guest blogger today. A while ago she sent out a newsletter that included a list of points children wanted their divorced parents to know. It rang so true I kept it on my desk for months and...
by Dr Aletta | Jun 29, 2011 | Relationships
In my journey to true love I must have thought I was in love at least nine times. Of those nine times, once was really close to the real thing but I was in high school at the time and not ready to settle down. All the other so called boyfriends I had, I look back and...
by Dr Aletta | Jun 24, 2010 | Mental Health
When I was seven years old, preparing for my First Communion, I had to go to Confession first. Back in the day, that was a scary prospect, involving a dark booth, hell’s fire and spilling your guts to a shadow behind a screen. What does a seven-year-old self have to...
by Dr Aletta | Mar 7, 2010 | Relationships
Mira Kirshenbaum is one of my favorite relationship experts. She has written two books that I often recommend to my patients: Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay and Women & Love. They are easy reads, full of compassion and insight. Last week as I contemplated...
by Dr Aletta | Jan 5, 2010 | Self-Esteem
If your marriage is hurting in any way, you have a few choices. Among them, get in there, get messy, get humble, and work hard… or walk away (which can also get messy, but we’ll save that for another time). Today we’re talking about what to do if...