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Inside the Mind of a Sociopath
By Marcia Sirota, MD As we go through life, we like to think that the people we encounter are more-or-less like us: kind, caring, reasonable and decent. It’s hard to imagine that there might be someone...
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7 Secrets of Spectacular Sex
By Marcia Sirota, MD Everyone wants better sex, but many of us have the wrong idea about how to make it happen. Here are the seven secrets to achieving a spectacular sex life. One, the first thing we...
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Moving Beyond the Victim Role
Taking Personal Responsibility and Getting out of the Victim Role By Marcia Sirota An essential part of being an adult involves taking responsibility for ourselves. This means making conscious,...
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How to Stop Being an Angry Person
By Marcia Sirota How to Stop Being an Angry Person Everyone gets angry now and then. Anger is a normal emotion that arises when you feel attacked, abandoned, imposed upon, or deprived. It’s a signal...
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Moving Beyond Being in Recovery
Moving Beyond Being in Recovery By Marcia Sirota, MD I disagree with the disease model of addiction and with the idea that people are powerless against their addictions. Whether someone is an...
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Why Dieting Doesn’t Work
Does Dieting Work? By Dr. Marcia Sirota You probably already know this: there is no diet out there that actually works – dieting doesn’t work. Maybe you’ve tried one or more of them, and when they...
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Do You Have Dating ADD?
Dating ADD By Marcia Sirota, MD A new malady has sprung up simultaneously with the ascent of online dating. It’s called dating ADD. Symptoms of this disorder are similar to the more common form of...
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How to Talk to Your Friends About Your Feelings
Friends and Your Feelings By Marcia Sirota, MD The word “confrontation,” makes some of us very uncomfortable. When we contemplate talking to a friend about something they did that upset us, we can be...
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Stop Taking Bad Advice From Good Friends
How to deal with good friends giving bad advice By Marcia Sirota, MD There’s a disturbing trend I’ve been noticing in my practice lately. My patients have been coming into the office telling me that...
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The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind
The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind by Marcia Sirota, MD You’ve heard the phrase, “So-and-so is a really nice person,” and probably thought nothing of it. In my work, though, I think a lot...
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Three Common Relationship Mistakes
Relationship Woes? Maybe You’re Making One of These Common Relationship Mistakes By Marcia Sirota, MD There are three common relationship mistakes that many of us make, which can get in the way of our...
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Face the Truth About Your Bad Relationship
Bad Relationships: How Honest are You with Yourself? By Marcia Sirota, MD How honest are you in admitting you are in a bad relationship? Are you one of those people who finds it really hard to see...
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Rules for Dating in the 21st Century
Rules for Dating in the 21st Century By Marcia Sirota, MD The other day, one of my 30-something patients came in with an interesting dating story. Bette (not her real name) had met a young man, let’s...
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20 Steps to Genuine Happiness
20 Steps to Genuine Happiness By Marcia Sirota, MD We talk about happiness all the time but do we really understand what it is?? We’re trying so hard to find it but often, it remains just out of our...
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How to Say No to Bad Behavior
How to Say No to Bad Behavior By Marcia Sirota MD Lately, my patient Lisa has been disappointed with her boyfriend Dennis, whom she describes as usually very supportive. Something happened that put...
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The Truth About Passive-Aggressive Behavior
The Truth About Passive-Aggressive Behavior By Marcia Sirota MD Passive-aggressive behavior is an extremely troublesome but misunderstood phenomenon. People frequently accuse each-other of engaging in...
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Breaking the Cycle of Bad Relationships
Breaking the Cycle of Bad Relationships By Marcia Sirota MD A good relationship has three functions: it should make both partners happy; it should make them feel good about themselves and it should...
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The Pitfalls of Denial
The Pitfalls of Denial By Marcia Sirota MD When I was a medical student, the professors would show us slides of people who were suffering from advanced diseases. This was their way of toughening us up...
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Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons – The Lure of the Wild Woman and the Bad Boy by Marcia Sirota MD I hear a lot of complaints from men these days about how there are no nice women around. According to the men I’m...
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Letting Go of the Fear of Love
Letting Go of the Fear of Love By Marcia Sirota MD Many people today have a fear of love, and, at best, are ambivalent about intimate relationships. These individuals have been hurt in their childhood,...
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