Emotional Health | Women's Voices For Change

Daughters, Mothers, and Grandmothers

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The paradox of parenthood is that while this overarching connection and investment in your children is essential, being a good mother also requires that you let them become themselves.

Marriage & Life Partners

The Covid Marriage

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The enforced togetherness required by social distancing has led couples to spend more time together than usual, a lot of it. And even for those that have strong, solid relationships, it’s been, well, a bit more than they’d like.

Books · Emotional Health

Man’s Search for Meaning

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The most helpful insight of Viktor Frankl, psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

Books · Sex & Sexuality

“Three Women:” An Intimate Portrait of Intimacy

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Maggie, Lina and Sloane are their names. In 'Three Women,' writer Lisa Taddeo takes a close, extremely detailed, and graphic look at their sex lives.

Books · Emotional Health

Two Books About Brave Heroines Finding Their Way Out of Abuse

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

"The Great Alone" and "The Female Persuasion" enrich our understanding about how women are lost and how they are found.

Emotional Health

Staying Sane While Staying Healthy

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

During this crisis, stay actively engaged in directing your daily life in a healthy manner. It will help you feel less helpless.

Divorce & Widowhood

Divorce: Coping with Extreme Stress

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Divorce, even when you know it is the right thing to do, is one of the most stressful life events people face.

Sex & Sexuality

When It’s the Man With the Low Libido

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The cliché of the wife who puts off her husband, pleading that she has a “headache,” is well known. However, many men suffer from low libido as well.

Emotional Health

Finding Your Zone: The Experience of Flow

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Finding something to do that puts you in the zone is a blessing. If you know what it is, do it, or do it more. If not, spend some time trying new things that might fit the bill.

Emotional Health · Health

Broken Heart Syndrome

By Holly S. Andersen, M.D.

A "broken heart" isn't a cliche: it's a medical diagnosis. Cardiologist Holly Andersen explains.

Film & Television · Marriage & Life Partners · Relationships & Dating

In the Mood for Love:
Romantic Movies for Valentine’s Day

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Living vicariously through others’ love affairs helps us remember the feeling of being transported and to re-experience the wild emotions (and even madness) that love drives us to.

Emotional Health

Delay of Gratification: Too Much of a Good Thing

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

One of the sneakiest, most pernicious forms of self-deprivation involves timing. You don’t outright deny yourself the idea of self-loving action, but you put it off for later.

Emotional Health · Money & Careers

Retiring and Unretiring: Blessing or Curse?

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

A feeling of purpose is not a need that can be put to rest with retirement. Many people of retirement age are choosing to delay it or even go back into the workforce after retiring.