One of the great things about living here, in addition to being surrounded with the incredible beauty, is all the free things you can do. The Musee du Quai Branly just next to the Eiffel Tower announced that they would be offering a free Chinese tea ceremony on this past Sunday. This activity coincided with their …
When I was just starting out as a therapist, it seemed that I was seeing a lot of anxiety disorder patients. This was because my psychiatrist colleague was well-known as being the sine con ultra in treating them, therefore we drew patients from the three bordering states. Anxiety disorders are varied from generalized anxiety disorder …
This past weekend was the annual gay pride parade which I have always loved going to. The incredible colors, the outlandish costumes, the very bare skins, the brazen frivolities of gay youth, all mixed with the ubiquitous base driven beat drumming in your ears. A time when being non gay makes you feel left out, …
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I awoke last night with this incredible smell of honey that came with a cool breeze and bloomed like a cloud in my bedroom . I knew that this odor must be coming form the mass of tall trees across the avenue that are sugar dusted with little white flowers. I started to think of …
Plastered all over the Paris subway system are huge purplish red advertisements for an international internet dating site for extraconjugal affairs. With a photo of an apple, bitten into, the major pitch lines are the bold and audacious proclamations ” Être fidèle à deux hommes, c’est être deux fois plus fidèle”. That translates out that women …
Park Montsouris is one of the prettiest parks in Paris nestled in the southern part of the city. In the fall of 2010, the country of Poland sent two black Australian and two white swans to grace our lovely park. With much to do and fanfare consisting of an elaborate musical celebration the swans …
If you think you might be risking only a possible unfriendly STD, think again! True, there is no such thing as safe sex, just “safer”sex, but there are other consequences than just the physical ones. In 28 years of practice, the psychological melee of promiscuous sexual adventures are most commonly brought in, not surprisingly, by …
I woke up this morning reading about another suicide that occurred last night at the Eiffel Tower. What is one of the most sought out beautiful sights in the world, became a vehicle of death to another desperate human being. But, we are in the season as May and June have the highest rates of …
Last night strolling around my neighborhood, running into one street band after another, I ended up again at Place Denfert Rochereau, which always has one of the largest and most sought after concerts in Paris, during Fete de la Musique. There I was caught in the thick of hundreds of young mere 20 somethings …
Today, the 21 of June, is one my favorite moments and cosmic celebrations. The sun is in the highest point in the sky and therefore gives forth the longest day of the year. Unfortunately as I write this, the sky over Paris is dark with rivers of rains and thunder giving way to lightning. Earlier …
I remember dancing to Mick Jagger’s “I aint got no satisfaction” at the Locomotive discotheque near the Moulin Rouge in Paris at the mere age of 20, which pretty much sums up this title! As a young therapist I never realised how common the sexless marriage or practically sexless unions were. To me it …
Since we are just a little over a week past the summer solstice, which I personally really look forward, I thought reversed seasonal affective disorder would be a timely topic. Most of you are familiar with SAD, with depression occurring more often in the winter months when the days are shorter and improving in the …