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Better Couples Communication: 8 Rules to prevent fights from destroying your relationships

Copyright © 2014 by Andrea Herber     In my fifteen years providing couples and individual therapy, I have noticed that one of the most telling signs of relational health is the way people communicate during a fight or disagreement. Learning how to deal with conflict is essential in any long term relationship. Negative nasty […]

Use mindfulness to improve your relationship to TIME and reclaim LIFE © Andrea Herber 2012

  I love talking to people about time. I listen to their stories each day, and a common theme is: Not having enough time Not using the time they have Procrastinating Feeling stuck or depressed Hating their work Feeling unhappy in their lives Many of the popular theories of happiness today utilize mindfulness and meditation […]

Quoted in Pretty Woman Vs. The Real World Of Prostitution WGBH News

http://wgbhnews.org/post/pretty-woman-vs-real-world-prostitution

Is your partner addicted to the internet? Have you stopped playing together?

Is your partner addicted to the Internet? Have you stopped playing together?   Through the years I have heard many concerns about the use of technology in the home. Husbands complain their wives have forgotten how to play cards or have conversation. Wives complain their husbands come home and spend too much time on the […]

Article from the Huntington Times on Comfort Sex

http://huntnewsnu.com/2011/12/when-the-going-gets-tough-have-sex/

Embrace your Identity

No matter how much confusion you hold in yourself regarding who you are or where you are headed…KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY ARE WHO YOU ARE. It may sound simplistic, but truly too many people delude themselves and live lives that feel inauthentic, meaningless and miserable. Realize that you are only fooling yourself. Take time to […]

Hey guys..having thoughts of sex that you are ashamed of???

© Andrea Herber 2013 All rights reserved Guys…do you think about sex…but not in the way you think you should? Do you: Feel some weirdness about all the sex you have or don’t have? Feel shame, guilt or emptiness after you have it? Feel like you should want it with the one you love but […]

Pornography: Sexual Liberation or the Intimacy Virus?

© Andrea Herber 2013 All rights reserved As you read the following…please note that these are my casual thoughts flowing from experience and the knowledge I have gained…I am not giving you a perfectly edited journal article or essay for that matter 🙂 I understand that pornography can have a place in healthy sexuality, but […]

The impact of perfectionism on you and your relationships

I remember listening to a young man I worked with…he was handsome and very smart. I will give him a fictional name of John for this article. He did well at college, and had many friends and dating possibilities…and yet he never felt a sense of accomplishment. He never got the boost others get from […]

Panic to Proposal: Are you terrified to pop the question? Make your Boston wedding proposal easier!

© Andrea Herber 2013 All rights reserved     Through the years I have been fortunate enough to witness many people processing their proposal strategies. Some felt giddy, and perseverated about engagement rings, and when and how to carry through the most unique proposal…. But…  there were others who literally became filled with panic and […]