Samantha Stein Psy.D.

Relationships Can Be Built on Mutual Respect

Ultimately, boundaries are an important part of healthy relationships and a healthy life. They help keep us safe and maintain an experience of choice and control in our lives.

Ultimately, boundaries are an important part of healthy relationships and a healthy life. They help keep us safe and maintain an experience of choice and control in our lives.

The Importance of Community

Finding a community can feel a little daunting, but it’s well worth the effort.

Finding a community can feel a little daunting, but it’s well worth the effort.

LGBTQ+ Allyship Beyond Pride Month Matters

Words and actions carry meaning. The wrong ones harm LGBTQ+ people.

Words and actions carry meaning. The wrong ones harm LGBTQ+ people.

How to Cope With an Empty Nest

Navigating an "empty nest" can be difficult, but also a time of opportunity.

Navigating an "empty nest" can be difficult, but also a time of opportunity.

Maybe I Don’t Know You Like the Back of My Hand

Intimate relationships can be wonderful, but feeling we know someone so well can lead to assumptions, inaccurate interpretations, resentments, strife, and boredom.

Intimate relationships can be wonderful, but feeling we know someone so well can lead to assumptions, inaccurate interpretations, resentments, strife, and boredom.

Make Choices About Your Relationships That Are Right for You

Healthy, fulfilling relationships can take many paths, but often people aren't aware that they can choose what they want.

Healthy, fulfilling relationships can take many paths, but often people aren't aware that they can choose what they want.

11 Reasons People Choose Not to Have Children

There are probably as many reasons why people choose not to have children as there are people, but here are some common reasons why people make that choice.

There are probably as many reasons why people choose not to have children as there are people, but here are some common reasons why people make that choice.

What Is Quiet Quitting and How Do We Fix It?

Everyone benefits from employees who feel cared for and feel like they are a part of something.

Everyone benefits from employees who feel cared for and feel like they are a part of something.

An Attitude of Gratitude

Cultivating gratitude can have tremendous psychological and life benefits. Here are some practical methods for doing so.

Cultivating gratitude can have tremendous psychological and life benefits. Here are some practical methods for doing so.

Surviving the Holidays: Tips for Staying Healthy and Sober

Just because old patterns, ways of being, traditions, and cultural norms exist doesn’t mean we have to follow them.

Just because old patterns, ways of being, traditions, and cultural norms exist doesn’t mean we have to follow them.