Dr. Wendy Walsh, PhD.

On Men, Women, and Children….

I am in Costa Rica this week, on a quiet vacation with my children. I’m not supposed to be working. But thinking is my past-time so this blog...

Family Travel in a Recession

Recently I wrote an article for The Today Show’s website about a psychology study that shows that international travel increases creativity in...

My Teenager Wants to Get Married! Help!

This week a frantic Mom called into Ryan Seacrest’s Los Angeles radio show with stunning query about what to do about her 17-year-old...

Breastfeeding is not Creepy. Think Like a Woman!

Our highly sexualized culture has gone too far when women (read: nature’s nurturers) are claiming that breastfeeding is gross. When women begin...

Al Gore a Sexual Predator? I don’t think so.

Just weeks after former vice president Al Gore grabbed headlines when he and wife Tipper announced their divorce after 40 years of marriage,...

Prince Albert’s Engagement No Fairy-Tale

Is a long-time bachelor taking a traditional route to the alter with a fairy-tale royal wedding in the works? Well, not quite. Prince Albert II of...

A “Viagra” for Women Marketed as if Womanhood is a Disorder

In a race to be the first to market with a female version of Viagra-style medication, a German pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, is...

A “Viagra” for Women is Marketing as if Womanhood is a Disorder

In a race to be the first to market with a female version of Viagra-style medication, a German pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, is...

Trapped by Class

I think about social class a lot. Mostly because so many Americans believe we have no rigid class system, or that class is only defined by...

Kobe Bryant: Can Warriors Kiss Babies?

This morning I watched an interesting debate on ESPN News. The male anchors expounded psychological theories of gender roles, the warrior code, and...

Gore Divorce: A Forty Year Marriage is Never a Failure.

This morning I sat up straight when I heard an NBC reporter referring to the divorce announcement by former Vice President Al Gore and his wife...

Relationship Tool: Expressing Gratitude Better Than Promising an I.O.U.

We all know that relationships are a system of interdependence. Partners provide back-and-forth give-and-take on a daily basis. Now new research...

What’s Killing Our Relationships? Fear of Dependancy.

Everyone seems obsessed with relationships these days. When men and women share their relationship stories with me I see one big epidemic in our...

Can Love Grow Through A Keyboard?

With the explosion of online connections, cyber introductions, and old-lover google searches, it seems that the whole world is in a digital love...

Politician Preaches Abstinence — Except for Himself!

The video is priceless. Picture this: a staged interview with Indiana Republican Representative Mark Souder, about the importance of teaching sexual...

The World’s Most Powerful Aphrodisiac? It’s not what you think.

You’ve heard about oysters and caviar. How about champagne and a warm bath? Trust me none of these have been proven as a true aphrodisiac. In case...

Can “Miracle Boy” Ever Truly Heal?

An eleven-year-old Dutch boy, the sole survivor of a plane crash, reportedly smiled at his aunt and uncle who flew to his bedside when they...