The Complexities of Relationships

Relationships

Under the December Glitter Is the Grind

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on November 26, 2025

Exhausted by the parties, gift-giving, dinners and events of December? Lower your demands on yourself to enjoy it more. Give the gift of your relaxed presence to those you love.

Exhausted by the parties, gift-giving, dinners and events of December? Lower your demands on yourself to enjoy it more. Give the gift of your relaxed presence to those you love.

Family Dynamics

Getting to Know Who Your Siblings Are Now

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on November 6, 2025

Cultivate curiosity and call up your empathy.

Cultivate curiosity and call up your empathy.

Marriage

Wedding Planning Hides a Secret

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on September 8, 2025

Committing to forever is anxiety-provoking. Focusing on complex wedding plans masks and distracts people from paying attention to their choice of a spouse. A reckoning comes later.

Committing to forever is anxiety-provoking. Focusing on complex wedding plans masks and distracts people from paying attention to their choice of a spouse. A reckoning comes later.

Boundaries

3 Important Lessons From a Psychologist

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on August 5, 2025

After practicing psychotherapy for three decades, I’ve learned some truths to live by. Try them yourself to boost your self-esteem and improve your relationships.

After practicing psychotherapy for three decades, I’ve learned some truths to live by. Try them yourself to boost your self-esteem and improve your relationships.

Decision-Making

Indecision, the Torment of What to Choose

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on June 24, 2025

Ruminating over decisions is a form of anxiety. You want to make the right choice, but you're confused, uncertain, or afraid of making the wrong choice. There's a way out.

Ruminating over decisions is a form of anxiety. You want to make the right choice, but you're confused, uncertain, or afraid of making the wrong choice. There's a way out.

Family Dynamics

Maybe the Apple Didn't Fall Far Enough: Over-Identifying With a Parent

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on May 27, 2025

Have you crafted your own life as an antidote to your parents’ lives or as a repetition of what they believed and taught you? Consider what these strategies may be costing you.

Have you crafted your own life as an antidote to your parents’ lives or as a repetition of what they believed and taught you? Consider what these strategies may be costing you.

Positive Psychology

Insensible Losses: What's Quietly Slipping Away?

Bonnie Comfort Ph.D. on April 23, 2025

Are you losing something you value without realizing it? Essential things can ebb away so slowly you don’t notice. Ask yourself the right questions so you can take action.

Are you losing something you value without realizing it? Essential things can ebb away so slowly you don’t notice. Ask yourself the right questions so you can take action.