- Personal Development -
The Living Experiment: Conscious Language
By Pilar Gerasimo and Dallas HartwigThe words you speak both reflect and shape your reality. All the more reason to say what you mean — and mean what you say.
Couples
- Personal Development -
Why Trust Matters — and How to Build More of It
By Heidi WachterTrust is a strong indicator of personal, professional, and national happiness. Here’s how to develop more of it.
- Couples -
My Same-Sex Partner Is Meeting My Family for the First Time. Any Advice?
By Jon SpaydeThe author of Steven Petrow’s Complete Gay and Lesbian Manners offers several practical tips to ensure a positive experience.
- Travel -
Reconnect With Your Partner on a Getaway
By Caren Osten GerszbergCommitting to an annual trip can help couples rediscover what brought them together in the first place.
- Mindfulness -
How Do I Excuse Myself From Group Text Messages?
By Jon SpaydeThere are a variety of polite ways to deal with excessive group messaging, says an expert.
- Personal Development -
4 Ways to Deal With Conflict
By Heidi WachterHere are four tips to transform conflict into connection.
- Travel -
My Partner Likes to Camp, and I Like Hotels — What Should We Do?
By Jon SpaydeIn any relationship, says a couples’ mediator, it’s important to celebrate differences and find common ground.
- Sleep -
Better Sleep, Better Marriage?
By Heidi WachterHow much you sleep could influence marital arguments, a recent study says.
- Couples -
I’m Worried About My Loved One’s Weight. What Should I Say?
By Jon SpaydeNothing. Here’s why.
- Personal Development -
What’s the Rush?
By Mo PerryEven when there’s a lot to do, it’s still possible to stop racing through life.
- Personal Development -
Little Lies, Big Stress
By Jon SpaydeMost of us hedge the truth on occasion, but small fibs can add up to a lot of stress. Learn how — and why — to keep it real.
- Personal Development -
Love Like a Yogi
By Jonny KestMaster yogi Jonny Kest on how to move out of your head and into your heart.
- Pumping Irony -
PUMPING IRONY: Par for the Course
By Craig CoxAn afternoon on the links brings two old friends with disparate views back together.
- Life Unedited -
LIFE, UNEDITED: At Least I’m Still the Grillmaster
By Jill Metzler PattonOur senior food-and-nutrition editor contemplates her attempts to become a more confident cook.
- Hormones -
How to Boost Testosterone — Naturally
By Catherine GuthrieHere are 10 lifestyle-based ways to increase your testosterone levels.
- Couples -
Decode Your Partner’s Love Language
By Anjula RazdanThis Valentine’s Day, learn how to communicate more deeply with your better half.
- Hormones -
Gene Testing and Family Planning
By Anjula RazdanCarrier testing can clue you in to potential gene mutations in future pregnancies. Is it right for you?
- Couples -
A Labor of Love and Loss: Nora McInerny Purmort
By Heidi WachterWriter Nora McInerny Purmort’s raw and hilarious insights on love, loss, and grief have created a community of change-makers ready to help those in need.
- Coming Clean -
COMING CLEAN: When Your Family Planning Feels Like Everyone’s Business
By Courtney Lewis OpdahlA seemingly innocent personal question can have deeper implications. Here are some things to consider before you ask about babies, marriage, and more.
- Couples -
Distant Relations
By John SpaydeMaintaining relationships with friends and loved ones who live far away can be challenging. But you can bridge the gap — and perhaps become closer than ever.
- Couples -
Stuck in a Holding Pattern
By Jon SpaydeMaintaining a ho-hum relationship can be more stressful than making a healthy shift. Here’s how to break free of relationship inertia.