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Ahhh, the holidays. That special time of year when nosiness is in the air, and your entire family unanimously decides that no topic is off limits. Your relationship status, political views, and current income will all be on the table for possible dinner fodder, so having an expert-approved game plan in place for navigating many […]
The holidays can feel like a pressure cooker for relationships—regardless of whether or not a union in question is healthy. Between the gift-giving and family get-togethers or zooms, many mini “tests” of romantic love happen between, oh, right now and the New Year. And that’s the case in a regular year, not the stress-laden landscape the […]
Eventually there comes a time when nobody wants to hear about your sex life anymore. I mean, I’m sure that’s not true for everybody (my experience in that realm is probably different than, say, J. Lo’s). But for many of us—especially those of us who once relied on our sexual misadventures to entertain friends at […]
Unpopular opinion: I feel bad for Betty Draper whenever I re-watch episodes of Mad Men. I understand that she’s hardly up for any mother-of-the-year-esque awards and doesn’t have the best-ever personality, but I don’t understand how she’s supposed to be a villain. I mean, it’s her philandering husband who holds court all over New York […]
Creating specific boundaries in your life is critical to success and happiness, especially in the context of the burnout culture, and many of us (*raises hand*) are not very good at setting them. Lia Avellino, LCSW, relational psychotherapist and director of head and heart at The Well, explains that one of the reasons it can […]
Even dating back to my first-ever kisses, I adhered to a specific post-smooch routine: Call up my best friend and tell her about it in excruciating detail: the saliva situation, tongue use, hand placement, you name it. The debrief was as thorough as the kiss itself. And now, even as someone with a sex life […]
When someone you care about is going through a difficult time, it can feel like second nature to promise you’ll support them through it. You might say things like “I’m here for you” or “I’ll make sure we catch up every week.” But as weeks pass and your life goes on, new priorities emerge, and […]
The Mercury retrograde has a way of making everything go berserk. The astrological period, which starts today and lasts through December 6th, has a reputation for adding a particularly wonky vibe to your relationships. But in order to stop the celestial event from hijacking any chance you have at a civil Thanksgiving dinner, rockstar astrologer Susan Miller […]
In news I hope my boyfriend doesn’t read, it turns out that having an optimistic partner can lead to better health outcomes. New research out of Michigan State University, published in the Journal of Personality, found that being in a relationship with an optimist might actually help to decrease the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease […]
The first few months I spent at my big-girl, full-time job, I was terrified about letting my sense of humor loose on any coworkers. I’d been previously indoctrinated into believing a desk is a space for serious business emails (Sincerely, Official Member of the Workforce) and torturous mental obstacle courses (read: spreadsheets). While there’s certainly […]
