Love Contributors

Meet the Love Council, our hand-picked panel of relationship experts and writers. We've brought together a legendary sex expert, a couples therapist, a spiritual advisor, a wise comedian and a husband-and-wife team to bring you diverse and distinctive insight and advice on important relationship issues. Each month, the Love Council weighs in on the hottest topics that affect you and your relationships, from current events and buzz-worthy books to the latest trends.

Michele Weiner-Davis is an internationally renowned relationship expert, psychotherapist, marriage educator and sought-after speaker. She is the author of six books, including Divorce Busting, The Sex-Starved Marriage: A Couple's Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido (Simon & Schuster). Her popular Website, DivorceBusting.com, offers valuable information for people in troubled marriages.

Cathi Hanauer is the author of My Sister's Bones and the editor of the New York Times best-selling essay collection The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage. Currently, Cathi contributes to Elle, O, Parenting and more and, along with her husband, Daniel Jones, writes "The Double Edge," a relationship column in the newly launched Tango magazine. Her second novel, Sweet Ruin (Atria/Simon & Schuster), will be released in June, 2006.

Daniel Jones is the author of the novel After Lucy, a Barnes & Nobel Discover Award finalist, and the editor of The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings about Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom. He is a contributing editor at the New York Times, where he edits the weekly "Modern Love" column in Sunday Styles. With his wife, Cathi Hanauer, he writes "The Double Edge," a relationship column in Tango magazine.

Dr. Sarah Stedman is trained by the Celebrant USA Foundation to officiate at, compose and perform personalized ceremonies, including weddings, commitments, funerals, divorces and more. She volunteers as a counselor to fellow cancer survivors.