Forget resolving to ‘be a better person’ this year. Instead, resolve to treat yourself as you wish others would treat you. As you improve your relationship with you, much of the rest of your life (including enjoying those you love most and coping with those that are harder to deal with) will reflect the ease and wellbeing you feel within. …
How many times have you felt upset by something your male partner said or didn’t say, did or didn’t do and then found yourself concluding that whatever the issue it results from his very maleness, from the sheer fact that he is a man, that he simply ‘can’t help it.’ Here are 5 insights into how men think and what …
Many cultivate a fantasy that when true love is present, a long-term relationship will magically materialize. Reading tea leaves and pulling petals from flowers– “He loves me, He loves me not”– does not manifest commitment. Keep these five points in mind to avoid the frustration and heartbreak that comes when love lingers but can’t get off the ground.
Girls are socialized to be ‘good girls’ when it comes to sex and are taught that they need to be sexual gatekeepers. At the same time, the culture at large trains girls to believe that their value lies in being sexually desirable. Alcohol offers adolescent girls a way out of reconciling the irreconcilable.
Parents agonize over how to help their children so they will be optimally socialized for academic and professional success. What gains far less attention, perhaps because it is a more intangible and abstract concept, is raising children for success in relationships. Here are 5 ways to improve your child’s chances of having healthy, well adjusted relationships in adulthood.
Some busy people welcome an opportunity to be alone. For others it is painful. But avoiding it completely is a losing battle—it might be those 10 minutes driving in the car, not being able to fall asleep at night, waiting for someone to show up, wondering if someone will show up—inevitably everyone will find themselves unaccompanied from time to time.
The reason is always trivial compared to the time and energy bullies put into attacking their victim. But, the stated reason isn’t actually the point; the real reason for bullying is the sense of power it bestows on the bullies. For some girls, this is an addictive elixir that relieves them of relentless feelings of powerlessness.
