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Mira Kirshenbaum

a day ago
5 min

Reality... really?

What we’ve been talking about is how important it is for us—all of us—to embrace reality.

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Mira Kirshenbaum

4 days ago
1 min

What we’ll be remembered for

I just spent the past three hours in a Zoom-based memorial celebration of the life of a friend who died recently. My heart is full...

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Mira Kirshenbaum

6 days ago
4 min

Reality...really?

When we left off last time, I said that today we’re going to see how seeing reality straight on can make you sane, instead of driving you...

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Nov 17
4 min

Reality...really?

If you’re not sick to death of what’s laughingly called reality, then you’re just not normal. I mean, come on! Reality sucks!!

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A note to the reader of Why Couples Fight

Mira Kirshenbaum

Nov 14
2 min

A note to the reader of Why Couples Fight

Let’s face it: you’re not holding this book in your hands because you’re totally happy in your relationship.

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Nov 10
3 min

“Am I in a toxic marriage?”

I hear this question a lot. And there’s always a lot of pain behind it. Days and nights of something much more than frustration.

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When you feel you’re drowning in a world of uncertainty

Mira Kirshenbaum

Nov 6
4 min

When you feel you’re drowning in a world of uncertainty

Maybe you’re in a marriage and you don’t know if it’ll work out or if you want it to work out. Maybe you don’t have a job...

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Nov 4
3 min

Whatever you do, don’t wait

Waiting sucks. That’s why today, tonight, and maybe tomorrow and days after will be torture for so many of us. But why?

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"I'm Freakin' Out Over This Freakin' Election!"

Mira Kirshenbaum

Oct 31
5 min

"I'm Freakin' Out Over This Freakin' Election!"

There you are—and here I am—and here we all are!—in a state of high anxiety over this Presidential election that’s right around the corner.

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Oct 21
3 min

The Breakup Pandemic: Part Two

So there you are, driving each other freakin’ nuts. What do you do about it? Well, where are you, exactly?

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Oct 14
2 min

The Breakup Pandemic: Part One

Before the pandemic, the two of you had worked out a sort of equilibrium based on going to work. There was something about being out of...

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Mira Kirshenbaum

Sep 29
2 min

Welcome back!

...so, let’s see—where was I? Oh, yeah! Sorry!! I just stepped out of the room for a couple of years and I lost my train of thought.

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