“I’m finally ready to grow up,” Dario a 35-year old video editor told Sanghita, his 33-year old girlfriend as they relaxed in a wine bar. She had been worried about him when he had ‘checked out’ of the real world and hid in a haze of booze and gummies for the umpteenth time. During [...]
Her head was spinning and she couldn’t breathe. Her chest felt heavy. What was wrong? These were the physical signs that at the age of 37 Natalia was experiencing the brutality of a smashed entitlement. She had the rug pulled from under her by her once adoring partner, 38-year-old Javier. Ever since they met [...]
“I’m tired of everyone depending on me to get things done!” Shelly said, screwing her face up into a pout of rebellious anger. At 32-years of age, Shelly had opened a beauty salon, offering premium quality hair treatments, make up, manicure, pedicure and weight-loss services. After graduating top of her class in beauty school, [...]
“I’m really sad that it happened again,” Yasmin said in a low voice. “He accused me of looking at other guys in the café when I wasn’t. But when he ogles women and I get upset he flies off the handle and tells me I expect too much and should back off.”Dashed expectations were a [...]
Julio a 43-year-old solar panel engineer had a natural genius for noticing a problem and fixing it. It was a gift he used to make his partner Geena, a 44-year-old artisan baker happy and satisfied. He expected that she would be enthralled, take him into her world and keep him there, safe, cozy, and [...]
Sabina a 37-year-old veterinarian was stunned when she discovered she was pregnant. She hadn’t planned it, and nor had her husband Zev, a 39-year-old anesthesiologist. In fact both had been wedded to their careers rewarded by being able to travel all over the world, without being tied down as parents of young children. Sabina’s [...]
“I can’t stop going to prostitutes for sex. I hate myself for it, but I can’t stop. I hate doing this to my girlfriend, but it’s all I think about. After the sex I feel disgusted with myself, but I keep doing it. I’ve tried hard to give it up but I can’t. I [...]
“I’m just even,” 38-year old Francesca said, as she moved her right palm horizontally in a flat line. She said that nothing felt palatable; and that if she felt some excitement at being asked to go out with a friend, it died down almost immediately. She couldn’t keep the flame of desire going long [...]
“I don’t know why I wait till the last minute to do things I want to do.” This is what Tessa, a 35-year-old natural birth coach told me after a series of realizations that she only acts when there is a sense of urgency – propelling her to act in the moment, even though [...]
There are two ways I hear clients talk about the issue of hope. One goes something like this: “I have to keep hope alive that my partner will change, or else there is no point!” The other takes a different path: “I just feel hopeless, my partner’s never going to change, so I might [...]
