We're in hard times, it's reasonable to expect that people will look for saviors and fantastical escapes -- be they in the form of vegetarian vampires or meat eating pseudo-author/pseudo-politicians.
Dear Keith and Maura, I have been seeing a gentleman who lives in Texas. I live in British Columbia. It's been solely online with use of web cam and ...
We are ready to believe and follow, giving up freedom for power, justice for security, love for righteousness, allowing culture to become cult.
After many years of determined effort, I've achieved a solid, enduring relationship with my roof. I wonder how many other Americans can truthfully say the same thing?
In her memoir, Claire Bloom describes Philip Roth as an extremely self-centered, often abusive man to whom she devoted herself for almost two decades.
My wife's annual mammogram has always been a time of great anxiety. It's my least favorite week of the year. Not because she has cancer but because she just might.
This is not for you if you're one of those people who thinks about the upcoming holidays with your family and considers how very lucky you are to have each other.
The role of being a stepparent can be challenging. So I was pleased to interview Erin Munroe, author of The Everything Guide to Stepparenting: Practic...
Great leaders make it a habit to respond in ways that generate the outcomes they want, even during extremely tough experiences or events seemingly beyond their control.
Many women come to their doctors for other symptoms, but eventually focus on how they feel about the role appearance has or had in their lives. Therapists call this important step the "uh oh moment."
It turns out that being a nag is just as unpleasant as being nagged -- so figuring out how to end nagging brings a real happiness boost to a relationship.
Do you have any relatives or friends that ruin everyone's time on Thanksgiving or Christmas and you can't un-invite them?
But in our spectator society, where it's easier to watch reality tv than live our own authentic and vibrant life, small, personal acts are sometimes overlooked and minimized.
Miniskirts, fishnet stockings, feather boas. It all sounds sexy - 'til you realize it's being sported by that every-girl-wants-one Bratz doll.
You don't have to be Gandhi, Buddha or any other kind of evolved spirit to have a "Peaceful Divorce," but you do need to have the intention to do so.
I have been waiting to see a more realistic portrayal of what happens to real women in real life, and last night I got a glimpse of that on ABC's Brothers and Sisters.
One day back in the 60s, my father, a high-society interior decorator with clients like the Presidents of Cuba and Haiti, suddenly discovered that he could talk to the dead and heal the sick.
QUESTION Dear Irene, My friend has been going through marriage problems ever since I've known her (13 years now). I have been there for her when she...
The New Oxford American Dictionary chose the verb "unfriend" as its 2009 Word of the Year (WOTY) and defined it this way: "to remove someone as a 'fr...
Social networks are uncharted waters for everyone, and it's natural to wonder how to stay afloat in the rising tide. With so many people bobbing around, there has to be a system to make sense of it all.
The long sought Alimony Reform battle will likely come to a climax this spring. In January an almost unprecedented 72 State Legislators co-signed a Bill that would make divorce law in MA more fair.
