The Passion Paradox in Long-Term Relationships with Dr. Emily Jamea

Dear Dr. Darcy, I am in a relationship with my boyfriend of 2 years and have known him since we were teenagers. During lockdown we started our relationship. Quickly my intuition told me that he is drawn to other women and I would see him flirt a lot which made ...

So, last week I’m at the gynecologist’s office because she wanted to biopsy me on the last day of my period. “Your bloodwork shows that you shouldn’t be bleeding anymore.” “I mean, it’s not like I’m randomly bleeding, right? It’s a period?” “I want to check the cells to make ...

Dr. Darcy, my boyfriend says he loves me for me but when we’re having a fight, he wants me to turn into a different person and if I don’t he walks away and leaves my place and it makes me FURIOUS and only escalates things.   I’m a fiery person and ...

I've been in a long-term relationship and lately it feels like we're drifting apart. We used to be so connected and in sync, but now it's like we're living separate lives. I still love my partner deeply, but I'm not sure how to get the spark and intimacy we once ...

Dr. Darcy, I’ve been married for almost 7 years to a woman I love very much. For the past few years, our relationship has gone from scheduled sex to sexless. TBH, I’m fine with it being sexless, but she is not. She’s the reason we began having scheduled sex and ...

Hi Dr. Darcy. My partner of almost 6 years cannot seem to do the one thing I’ve been asking him to do since the beginning: Stop yelling at me when he’s mad. I come from a mother who has struggled with rage my entire life. He knows this. We’ve been ...