Dr. Rachel Glik, EdD, LPC

Dr. Rachel Glik, EdD, LPC Dr. Rachel Glik—licensed counselor, relationship specialist, and author of A Soulful Marriage—has spent 30+ years helping people turn challenges into growth.
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She blends psychotherapy with Kabbalah for a grounded, human approach to healing & connection. After 22 years in private practice, and even longer as a married woman and mother, I feel privileged to say I specialize in "relationships." I love inspiring women and men to look more within themselves for happiness, security, value - and to understand that friction in relationships can be just what we need to grow. Those open to change benefit most ... a healthy couple takes healthy people. I also love meeting with people individually. It often starts off with some kind of relationship friction or lack of fulfillment. But when it comes down to it, the internal struggles await at the core. So many of us need help with low self worth, anxiety, negative thoughts, feeling stuck and/or some degree of trauma. I must say, most become amazed by their own power when they connect to their true selves. I pray that my own awe of our growth potential never wanes. It's hard to see it while in the midst of pain, but I dare to say that our thorns, what appears to be things going the wrong way, these can become our greatest gifts - pushing us to grow, to be and feel better and stronger, and to create the life we truly desire. I am known as a counselor for soul searchers, which can be seen behind closed doors in the intimate sessions filling my days, as well as a TV regular on Fox2 AM show and the blog writing to which I hope to devote even more time. Something unique I am grateful to bring to my clients and viewers comes from the robust and beautiful blend of a traditional doctoral training, years of counseling experience along with decades of immersing myself in personal growth and universal spiritual wisdom. I am someone who feels that I can only help others with that which I have a familiarity myself. I take my own growth and life balance to heart. It's a way of life, a way of love and a way of sharing what I have learned and continue to become from the grit of embracing being alive.

09/29/2025

You may be new to having an “empty nest,” and it may be comforting to realize that you’ve been “empty nesting” for your child’s entire life. Going through small transitions that enable children to individuate from their parents and parents to do the same. It’s this slow letting go that happens over years with each new milestone that helps us build beautiful adult relationships with our grown children.

That’s just one topic Fox2Now host Margie Ellisor TV and I discussed in-depth. Watch the full segment for our conversations about “empty nest divorce,” putting your relationship first, ways to make your partner a priority, “growth nights,” and more!

https://fox2now.com/video/tips-for-empty-nesters-as-kids-go-to-college/10998766/

It is not your partner’s responsibility to make you happy, or yours for them. We are each responsible for your own happi...
09/24/2025

It is not your partner’s responsibility to make you happy, or yours for them. We are each responsible for your own happiness and well-being.

That’s why I made RESPONSIBILITY the first pillar of A Soulful Marriage. It’s where true connection begins.

Our relationship with ourselves is the foundation, not just of a soulful marriage, but of every healthy, lasting relationship, and it’s something most people don’t realize going in. I didn’t.

In the early years of my own marriage, this lack of understanding caused a lot of heartache. I was holding my husband responsible for my happiness in ways I didn’t even realize. And he was holding himself responsible for my happiness too. It’s what he learned growing up.

This wasn’t a recipe for long term success. But thankfully, we did the hard work and today, we love and respect each other more than ever.

https://www.drrachelglik.com/a-soulful-marriage

When couples struggle, it’s not just what they say, it’s the state of consciousness they’re in when they say it. I’ve sp...
09/23/2025

When couples struggle, it’s not just what they say, it’s the state of consciousness they’re in when they say it.
I’ve spent years developing a four-step process to help myself and others enter difficult conversations with more clarity, compassion, and inner alignment.

1. Pause and get calm. Emotions are sacred signals — but they’re not always reliable communicators.
2. Get in touch with yourself. What are you really feeling? What do you really need?
3. Shift your consciousness. Come back to your soul’s voice that wants to grow from this and connect.
4. Then, and only then, lovingly address the issue.

Before you speak, prepare your soul. What determines the success of a hard conversation usually happens before it begins, inside you.
This is how repair begins: not with trying to change your partner, but with the consciousness of seeking to grow.

If you’re having the same argument again and again, this shift can change everything.
Learn the full method in A Soulful Marriage → https://www.drrachelglik.com/a-soulful-marriage

09/19/2025

That feeling of clashing all the time is not a good one. But ironically, that friction can provide the spark for the best relationship of your life. It all depends on how you respond to it. Frequently it’s an indication that each individual is evolving, growing, and finding themselves.

That can feel like you are out of sync, but the reality is that you are two individuals on your own journeys, as well as a journey together.

If you can find it within yourself to recognize that individual growth leads to a richer relationship, you may find yourself helping your partner to become a more complete person, and vice versa. And the relationship will benefit exponentially.

I discussed this at length with George Grombacher on his LifeBlood podcast. You can hear the full conversation here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8646073-keys-to-a-soulful-marriage-with-dr-rachel-glik

Love isn’t something we fall into. It’s something we create over and over again.One of the most powerful shifts I’ve see...
09/17/2025

Love isn’t something we fall into.
It’s something we create over and over again.

One of the most powerful shifts I’ve seen in couples is when they stop chasing the feeling of love and start practicing the verb of love.

This means asking, daily:
→ How can I make my partner feel valued?
→ Where can I soften instead of react?
→ What would my true self do here?

We’re never done learning how to truly love. That’s the point.
That’s the gift.

A Soulful Marriage is about that daily practice, that inward journey.

📘 https://www.drrachelglik.com/a-soulful-marriage

09/12/2025

If your relationship feels too hard, it’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself. We learn hard skills like math, reading, writing, but we are not taught how to connect, how to love, how to manage our emotions when our buttons are pushed.

There’s a pervasive misconception that relationships should be easy and that we should KNOW how to do them. But that’s a delusion.

If I could introduce one class to school curriculums, it would be “How to Succeed in Relationships.” But here’s the good news: You can learn, and so can your partner. It takes work, but soulful connections are possible for all of us.

I didn’t realize how much I was just “winging it” until after I got married. I was shocked by our challenges. I felt like lost and learned first hand, It’s never too late.

My conversation on the LifeBlood podcast is a great place to get started.

Listen here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8646073-keys-to-a-soulful-marriage-with-dr-rachel-glik

I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Denise Gorant Gliwa on the “Bite Your Tongue” podcast exploring the complex,...
09/11/2025

I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Denise Gorant Gliwa on the “Bite Your Tongue” podcast exploring the complex, delicate relationship between parents and their adult children. My hope is that listening helps anyone dealing with the pain of a ruptured relationship to not only repair the relationship but also to use it to grow and change as a person for the better. The two go hand in hand. https://www.biteyourtonguepodcast.com/

Bite Your Tongue: The Podcast

I am often asked why I wrote this book. The answer is simple: My burning desire to help more people wouldn’t let up. Eve...
09/09/2025

I am often asked why I wrote this book. The answer is simple: My burning desire to help more people wouldn’t let up. Every time I watched couples transform before my eyes in my practice, the urge to write a book grew stronger. No relationship is free from struggles. I see that up close everyday — with my clients and with those I’m close to in my life.

My husband and I were once in the same situation. It took us years of trial and error, and soul searching, to learn how to heal and grow closer. We learned to lean into the friction we were facing in order to grow. Our strong commitment to our marriage kept us seeking for answers. We read books, sought different therapists. Then, the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah became the secret sauce.

I feel profoundly grateful for the wisdom and guidance we received over the years, and I just needed to pay it forward — to help others beyond my small universe of clients. I have found the Four Pillars in my book to be ironclad; they are comprehensive, accessible, and filled with ideas and simple steps that anyone who is willing to grow can start using.

My hope is that my book, A Soulful Marriage, reaches far and wide and helps as many people as possible.

https://www.drrachelglik.com/a-soulful-marriage

09/04/2025

Thankful to Experience Life Magazine for the opportunity to share tips on breaking free of the “parent guilt” cycle — that nagging feeling of constantly falling short while doing your best to balance kids, work and your social life. I offer strategies I have found to really help! https://experiencelife.lifetime.life/article/the-good-enough-parent/

09/02/2025

Having kids is one of life’s greatest blessings, but it can also become a significant wedge in our relationship, without us even noticing. We want the best for our children and in many families, the kids come first — before ourselves, and before our relationship. But the truth is that kids thrive when they feel the love and unity between you and your partner.

The day I understood this, I change how I showed up in my marriage. And my husband felt it immediately.

I told him “You’re my number one.” He knew I meant it and that was instrumental in turning our bond into what it is today. Our children benefited as well; we could see that right before our eyes.

If you want a more connected family, start by feeding your connection to yourself and your partner.

Full podcast with Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-science-of-a-thriving-relationship-rachel-glik/id1303870112?i=1000690753620

Behavioral Grooves

Sending your child off to college comes with so many emotions, some of them overwhelming. Empty nest is not an event but...
08/27/2025

Sending your child off to college comes with so many emotions, some of them overwhelming. Empty nest is not an event but a growth process in motion. The truth is that the letting go as a parent has been ramping up since childhood and will continue into adulthood as your child individuates and becomes their own person.

And just as our children are individuating – discovering themselves as separate from their parents – we as parents are also in a constant state of self-discovery and growth.

Empty nesting can be a time of great opportunity change, to grow in ways like never before now that child-rearing is becoming less of the focus.

Use the open space to be curious about what is next for your purpose and happiness. Nurture your own passions and grow as an individual. This will help you bring a well-nurtured self to your relationship. It’s also a great time to actively invest in your relationship with your partner and friends and to rediscover your connections.

More on empty nesting and the shared parent/child journey of individuation in my Psychology Today article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creating-soulful-connections/202508/why-empty-nesting-is-both-harder-and-richer-than-you-think

From the Hot Seat to the Love Seat: How to Turn Emotional Arguments into Breakthroughs -
01/22/2025

From the Hot Seat to the Love Seat: How to Turn Emotional Arguments into Breakthroughs -

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