Part of the problem is that many unhealthy relationship habits are baked into our culture. We worship romantic love — you know, that dizzying and irrational romantic love that somehow finds breaking china plates on the wall in a fit of tears somewhat endearing — and scoff at practicality or unconventional sexualities. Men and women are raised to objectify each other and to objectify the relationships they’re in. Thus our partners are often seen as […]

“It’s not selfish to give TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself” - Suze Orman Are you the most important person in your life? How often do you make time for yourself? Most women take on way more than they can handle. So much to do and not enough time in a day to do it. As a result, they are over-worked, stressed out and exhausted by the end of the day. What […]

        A new study from the University of Illinois, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology says using positive affirmations may be doing the best thing to boost chances of success. Psychologists call this self-talk. Sanda Dolcos and her team first asked 95 psychology undergrads to imagine they were a character in a short story. The character is faced with a choice [strangely, we're not given any detail about these vignettes], […]

If you’re filled with resentment or frustration, you’re wasting your precious time and energy. The more quickly you can let the bad stuff go, the more quickly you can move on to the good stuff. People and events will regularly cause delays, inconveniences, expenses, disappointments and worse in your life. Don’t add to the damages by letting those things keep you down. When people have wronged you or events have sidetracked you, you have plenty […]