Welcome to my Blog

Thank you for stopping by. This space is where I share research, reflections, and practical tools drawn from psychology and couples therapy.

Are you a couple looking for clarity? A professional curious about the science of relationships? Or simply someone interested in how love and resilience work? I’m glad you’ve found your way here.

Each post is written with one goal in mind: to help you better understand yourself, your partner, and the hidden dynamics that shape connection.

Grab a coffee (or a notebook), explore what speaks to you, and take what’s useful back into your life and relationships. And if a post sparks a question, or makes you realize you could use more support, I’d love to hear from you.

Be Well, Stay Kind, and Godspeed.
~Daniel

P.S.

Feel free to explore the categories below to find past blog posts on the topics that matter most to you. If you’re curious about attachment, navigating conflict, or strengthening intimacy, these archives are a great way to dive deeper into the research and insights that I’ve been sharing for years.

 

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Why does romantic love resemble OCD?

Breaking research now explains that the near-obsessional state people experience about the object of their love in the initial stages of romance is partly down to the brain’s behavioral activation system.

It is this brain system, along with a potent mix of accompanying neurotransmitters, that can even push lovers over the edge into something like a manic state.

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Emotional Eating

Breaking research explains why we don’t always eat because we are hungry and we have certain physical needs….

Whenever humans get stressed or feel some threat, it can also trigger our eating motivation.

We think a very specific molecule is the culprit….

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The secret of sacrifice and relationship satisfaction…

Humans who cave, capitulate, and only make a sacrifice because they feel pressured into it, will not only be potentially resentful, but, according to this study, they will also enjoy far less relational satisfaction.

However…humans who make sacrifices in their relationship because they want to… are the partners with the most enduring relationship satisfaction, period.

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