by mickiWordpress | Aug 6, 2017 | Marriage, podcast, Relationship
In this podcast taken from a series of radio interviews, Micki Lavin-Pell discusses some of the reasons she believe are causing so many people to feel unable to connect to other people in long term relationships. Factors such as the change in the meaning of community,...
by mickiWordpress | Dec 2, 2016 | Engagement, Marriage, Marriage, Pre-relationship, Relationship
Tzvi wept in my office while sharing how his wife left him “suddenly” after a 20+ year marriage. He was awash with shame. While he felt something missing 10 years ago, he thought, “this is just how marriage is supposed to be.” Meanwhile his wife also felt...
by mickiWordpress | Oct 27, 2016 | Dating, Marriage, Pre-relationship, Relationship
The media loves bombarding us with the idea that if there is something new out there…it must be a good thing. A former client, lets call her Shana, dreaded going to parties and having to deal with meeting new people. The minute Shana stepped into the room of a...
by mickiWordpress | Jun 5, 2016 | Marriage
Sitting in a café in Jerusalem on Yom Yerushalayim, my home for the past 8 years, it’s hard to believe that just last week I was in Warsaw, visiting all the sites that represent how Jews used to live and thrive in a country that largely accepted them and that they...
by mickiWordpress | Jul 14, 2014 | Marriage
As Jews Tu B’Av is our day of romance, a Jewish Valentine’s Day. The first mention of Tu B’Av is in the Mishna Taanit, where we read the story about women dressed in white dancing in the vineyards and suggesting to men that they consider them as a potential...