Dr. Mike Dow
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Dr. Mike Dow is a member of the California Psychological Association and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and has received training from Dr. Harville Hendrix in his Imago Relationship Therapy model, Dr. Daniel Siegel at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and from The Betty Ford Center’s Professionals in Residence Program in the disease and treatment of addiction. A licensed psychotherapist in private practice, he is also an author, a frequent talk-show guest expert on topics related to addiction. Dr. Mike currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Eat, Pray and Love: You Can Have it All

Posted August 23, 2010 | 16:00:00 (EST)

In the new movie "Eat Pray Love," the title of the movie is not a multiple choice question for Julia Roberts' character. She gets to do all three. However, it seems like many Americans feel like they have to make choices in their lives -- family or career, food or...

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Mad (Wo)Men: Barbies Couldn't Menstruate

Posted August 10, 2010 | 15:46:00 (EST)

Last week we heard that "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner wants January Jones to gain weight for her roll as a 1960s housewife and that the beautifully curvy Christina Hendricks felt invisible until she was considered in the context of the sixties.

But...

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Demi, Before the Cleanse, Have Some Pie

Posted August 2, 2010 | 14:30:00 (EST)

So you're pushing 50 in a career that values youth and beauty with a husband 15 years your junior. Okay, Demi. I actually understand why you're going right from one fad, The Master Cleanse, to the next, The Clean Program. Let's just not allow this to be the...

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What You Can Learn From Lindsay Lohan

Posted July 29, 2010 | 12:00:00 (EST)

Lindsay Lohan should be less upset over the jailhouse removal of her hair extensions, and, if media reports are accurate, more concerned that she may only be serving up to 14 days of a 90-day sentence. Since rehab, court ordered monitoring bracelets and the incessant paparazzi/tabloid coverage --...

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Ashton: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Cleanse

Posted July 22, 2010 | 16:47:00 (EST)

Since Ashton Kutcher is giving up on his master cleanse with five more days to go, maybe maple syrup and cayenne pepper wont be flying off grocery store shelves everywhere. However, this brings up the question: are cleanses good for you? Before volunteering for a week of irritability,...

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