Mark Goulston

Marriage is for grown ups not for children. And the good news? It's never too late to grow up.

My view is that if it's "listening" to so much from so many directions that overloads us, the best way to really recharge is to be listened to in a way in which we not only vent our frustrations, but emotionally exhale.

Middle class baby boomers face the prospect of becoming old, enfeebled and a financial and emotional burden on their patience-challenged children.

With the recent revelation of SEC staffers downloading porn, I thought it might be helpful to share what I have heard over the years from men in high pressure jobs about what porn does for them.

Somewhere out there in the global community to which we all belong, a teenager has just ended his life as the culmination to his absolute, unshakable belief that he belonged nowhere.

A jerk is a know-it-all who doesn't know what he is talking about. They are able to carve a wide path through the serenity in your lives because you are so aghast by their outrageous behavior.

When sending email, people's brains, bodies and minds are keyed to interaction not with a person but with a machine. Thus, they easily say or do things they wouldn't normally do with a person.

When I think of the word INNOVATION, I think of IN plus OVATION. To me it means that idea, method or thing which spontaneous causes the end user to inwardly feel a sense of wonder.

From the early reports, I think others are more upset about the Gore separation than they are. Why?

Prenuptial Agreements are intended to be legal instruments for agreeing on what should be done if and when a marriage ends. But what a prenup means is a totally different matter.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life.

Our skin has a memory of touch separate from our minds. What does your skin remember?

After the dust settles in the McCourts' divorce case, here are 10 rules for them -- and you -- to remain friends.

An interview is a terrible thing to waste and as they say, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." To help you make the best first impression, check out and heed this advice:

When tension exists between you and someone else, the only thing that will not create more defensiveness is a sincere apology. Apologies also make the apologizing person feel better.

Who will comprise the Middle Class in the future? Will there even be a Middle Class? Most likely not one as robust as what we became accustomed to in the three decades after World War II.

My sadness and gratitude this week finds yet another person who has passed away. Ray Tye was my father's boss for over 30 years and had been generous to my family, especially after my dad died in 1995.

I'm reminded of the description of "A Good Death" that Henry Murray passed onto a friend and mentor of mine. He said: "It's dying so as to be as little a pain in the a** to your family and friends as possible."

Will Tiger do what's necessary to earn forgiveness from his wife Elin primarily and then the rest of us secondarily?

Why is it that we get a warm feeling when someone understands us? Why is it that a simple caring "Are you okay?" can so move us?

"When you fall in love in your 20s, you're swept away by all the passion. However you often don't know who it is you're going to grow up to be. And ...

Wealth is what you take from the world, worth is what you give back.

Sophie's Choice: admit wrongdoing and risk being pursued for restitution and even jail time; don't admit wrongdoing and insure that you will never be ...

Self-esteem isn't the same as self-confidence. Self-confidence means believing in your ability to do something. Self-esteem means believing in your worthiness. Here are 10 tips for raising self-esteem.