Relationships

During a impassioned and desperate conversation with a close teammate about why we’re twenty and single, I clumsily babbled off my favorite quote by Jaime Gil de Biedma, “I believed that I wanted [...]

Happiness is an elusive term, but it is generally characterized by a positive well-being, contentment, long-lasting enjoyment, and freedom from suffering. Many have tried (and continue to try) to [...]

Ah, the timeless art of dating. Not to be confused with the timeless art of seduction. As a dating coach, I encourage women to perfect the art of dating through practice. My goal is not for them [...]

How do we become friends with certain people over others? It is a common intuition that we become friends with those who are similar to us. However, the answer is not so clear cut. Here are a few [...]

By Allison Pescosolido MA and Andra Brosh PhD, founders of Divorce Detox Few people “want” to get divorced. It can be incredibly difficult and painful. As a result, an extraordinary [...]

Ask any person what the worst feelings in the world are, and chances are that loneliness ranks high on the list. It is an experience that many of us share, and yet, it literally keeps us apart. [...]

At the risk of oversimplifying, it strikes me that we can assess how well we’re living life, and, in turn, develop a plan for its improvement by scoring ourselves on just four factors: health, [...]

Dedicated to my mother, Janice Stevens, whose birthday was April 16th, ’33. She lived to a well-seasoned 80 and slipped into the ‘next room’ on Dec. 18th, ’14. Death is [...]

For many years I was a bit of a doormat. If I was treated badly, I would express my unhappiness about it, but would not set clear boundaries around it. So it would happen again and again and [...]

I had no furniture, I was 20 lbs overweight, no job, depleting bank account, owed the IRS, out of shape, I drank every night, I was separated but not divorced, two kids, depressed and maybe [...]