For one month, Madeleine Dore declined all in-person activities with friends to see if it would make her more productive – with surprising results. by Madeleine Dore The trick to being successful could, in fact, be simple. From my own experience interviewing highly successful artists, writers, and creative entrepreneurs I’ve found one of the most...
Can’t figure out what drives his behavior? Here’s how to make sense of it all. “It’s like living in a house with a monster in the closet,” Ely says. He’s talking about his brother Alexander. “You have to tiptoe all the time, just in case you wake up the monster, and then the whole day...
Friendship, C.S. Lewis believed, “like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself … has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” But the poetic beauty of this sentiment crumbles into untruth for anyone who has ever been buoyed from the pit of despair by the unrelenting kindness...
It’s known as ‘lovebombing’—and here’s how to tell if you’re experiencing it. So you’ve just started dating someone, and it seems like it’s going really well. They seem really into you: They’re thoughtful and attentive, they’re great in bed, and perhaps most shocking of all, they text you back immediately. But then things start getting...
In the face of setbacks, some people seem to fall apart, while others find ways to move forward and continue to get things done. Are there things you can do to be resilient? Bad things happen both personally and professionally. Relationships end. Significant others get sick or die. Promotions are given to someone else. Clients...
There really are upsides to breaking things off. Breakups suck. Getting rejected never feels good, and initiating a split comes with its own set of challenges. But more often than not, the end of a relationship teaches us something about ourselves—as well as who (and how) we want to love. Here, seven women share the...
Rarely does an open marriage mean that the individuals have sex with whomever they want whenever they want without any consideration for the feelings and preferences of their mate. And contrary to the outdated image of patriarchal polygamy, most of the leadership in the modern polyamory movement worldwide has come from women. For example, some...
Terrell and I spent our first week of marriage in the mountains of Arkansas at a secluded bed and breakfast. When we said “I do,” we entered the marriage classroom and spent the first 168 hours figuring out the course syllabus. We studied each other under the microscope of love and got quite an education....
By Sharlinda Parker Yes, Valentine’s Day is here — the very special day known for being, quite possibly, the largest romantic holiday in the world. A day of all things decadent and desirable, women, and some men, love to be showered with chocolates, flowers and gifts! But in addition to the traditional sweet things, this year, try upping the...
1) Loneliness is contagious. Yes, it’s possible to feel alone in a group, and if you do, odds are that the feeling can spread among those close to you, says Susan Newman, PhD, social psychologist and author of Little Things Long Remembered. In fact, research shows that when a person reports feeling lonely, her close...