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All of us here at Enliven are avid consumers of books, seminars, research, etc.—anything that keeps us up to date with the latest theories, thought leaders, and studies on sex and relationships. This is great news for you, because we LOVE to share...
Allow me to introduce you to OMGyes.com, ...the absolute best website on female sexuality in the entire internet world. Designed by the OMGyes team in conjunction with research via Indiana University and the Kinsey Institute, OMGyes.com is the...
Despite the “Enliven Couples Therapy” sign on our office door, many clients are in my office for individual therapy—and many of them are single. Whether you’ve been single for ten years or ten minutes, it’s no secret that online dating is the mode...
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Enliven Your Love:
Post-Pandemic Reset Edition
NEW PROGRAMS
Let’s be honest—none of us receive an education in the art of passionate, fulfilling relationships. And then a pandemic hit and we have all experienced - and are still experiencing - massive shifts in every aspect of our lives.
The Enliven Your Love Programs are your tickets to reconnecting with yourself, your partner, and your relationship.
A while back, researchers identified a quite large, quite unsurprising gap in orgasms between men and women within different types of relationships. In essence, while 95% of heterosexual men reported that they usually or always climaxed during...
“If you really want to gut a relationship, tear out the very heart of it, infidelity is a sure bet.” —Esther Perel Few things knock a relationship off balance as dramatically as the revelation of cheating. Esther Perel, relational sorceress and...
As a couples and sex therapist, there are several books I refer back to constantly with my clients, and for good reason: they each offer wisdom in the form of easily-accessible academic research and/or theoretical assumptions and guidance based on...
Trust is a fascinating dynamic in relationships. It is foundational, ever-changing, nuanced, and sometimes heartbreaking. For some, there are deep wounds from the past that may take a lifetime to heal. For others, trust issues might arise on a...
We all know the importance of relationship maintenance strategies, including regular date nights and engaging in quality time together. However, there are times when these approaches fall short of what is truly needed: a full relationship reset....
Recently, we dove into the existence of our accelerators (SES) and brakes (SIS) and their impact on our sexual experiences. Whether feelings, thoughts, or actions; alone, with a partner or seven, our gas pedals and brakes contribute to the lens...
As far as couples therapy celebrities go, John Gottman is highly regarded as one of the prominent pioneers in our field. His research started in the 70s in what is now called the Love Labs, in which couples would be observed by Gottman and research...
There is a particularly toxic cultural myth spread by many that once you have kids your sex life goes down the drain. What is specifically dangerous about this belief is that it is always spoken as if it is Truth—a permanent, unavoidable state of...
In conceptualizing sexuality, we note that while everyone is unique and very special, there are also some commonalities across the board. Developing models that clarify these aspects provide direction when we’re looking to dig in and tinker with...
I know nothing about cars. So when, one day, my beloved Jeep Wrangler hit a pothole on I-55 and began to shake and swerve uncontrollably, forcing me to confront the possibility of an untimely, fiery death, I immediately drove it to the shop to get...
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