Category Archives: Cultural Factors

Relationship Feng Shui: 3 Ways to Remove Negative Energy

Ever wonder why you turn people off? Or why someone you know is so hard to be around?

Parental Alienation and Iran: Similar Pathology?

Recognition of false narratives and projection can help protect you from people who genuinely do want to harm you.

Marriage: 6 Guidelines from Ancient Wisdom Texts

Texts from 1500 years ago abound with teachings about how to create healthy marriage partnerships. Here's a sampling of six.

How will Marriage fare in this year’s Oscars?

Did you notice how strong a role marriage played in so many of the Oscar winners?

How a Large Hispanic-American Family Stays Close

Big families are relatively rare these days. It's even rarer for multiple generations to live in the same city. Even if they do, odds are that the family members rarely get together beyond weddings and major holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving. My secretary's family succeeds. How do they do it?

Boundaries, Privacy and Intimacy Are Cultural Phenomena

When couples start with different cultural backgrounds, their his-way, her-way expectations of intimacy, of what is private and what can be shared, can be confusing.