Q: I'm an account executive at an advertising agency. Our sector's VP is leaving and I'm sure to be a top contender for the position. My only real competitor is one of my best friends, a guy I've worked side by side with for over six years. He was a...

Q: My partner and I have lobbied for the right to marry for six of the last nine years we've been together. Now it's completely legal in New York and we're over the moon about it. We decided to get married. Except now I'm feeling scared. I've spent so long...

Q: Noah, I suffer from fibromyalgia pain, acute body-wide muscular and joint pain and tenderness. My workplace is decent and they're very understanding when I need to leave early for a doctor's appointment, or to take a day off due to extreme pain. What's really upsetting me lately is...

Q: I began psychotherapy two years ago for emotional intimacy issues with my wife. Treatment has helped my marriage and a slew of other issues, too.

Q: My son is a well-admired and accomplished senior at his high school. Last weekend, he confided in me that his close friend cheated on a final exam in December.

Q: Unfortunately, some new work opportunities, which I expected to develop over this past year, haven't really transpired. My finances are suffering and I feel as if my entire future has become a gigantic question mark. I've never been one to feel overwhelmed, ever, but lately I feel stuck. How...

Q: At 31, I've just been officially diagnosed with adult ADHD, which is not surprising at all. My doctor thinks I've gone undiagnosed my whole life. I believe having my temperament and sensitivity, although not easy in my business, has made me successful. These lifelong "struggles" make me who I...

Q: In the last few months, I've found myself lying to my bosses at work, telling them I've completed projects I haven't. I'm endlessly procrastinating, and I'm not sure why. I spend a lot of my day shopping online, visiting social networking sites and writing personal emails. Why have I...

Where once we could believe a wall of excuses built to guard us... Where once we were able to pick sides and chose captains... Where once we had the privilege of demonizing our politicians... We are now forced to address the most ugly and naked truth.

In the coming weeks,...

Q: My husband and I are having the most ridiculous arguments lately. I've noticed it becoming a "go-to" tactic for him and I'm not sure why, but it's really getting to me and wearing me down.

A: There's nothing wrong with occasional fights between partners.

However, relationship...

NEW YORK: Q: My wife is very irritated at me lately. She feels I don't respect that she has a career too. This is such BS; I respect her implicitly and love that she's tenacious at work. Recently, our pre-teenaged son has been acting out in school by insulting girls...

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NEW YORK -- Q: My wife and I started a small business seven years ago, which we've put our backs and hearts into. The last three years have been really tough and we're going to sell. I can't help being overly skeptical...

Q: I'll be graduating design school in January. My desire is to create a line I can place in stores.

Q: I applied for my "dream" job, never in a million years expecting to get asked to interview for it. Now I have and I'm the most freaked guy on the planet! Historically, I suck at interviewing. I tend to freak, freeze and get tongue-tied...I can't screw up this chance,...

Q: I've been at my job for three-and-a-half years. It's stressful and unrelated to my graduate degree. I got let go from my "real" job during the recession. I loved my previous job and felt so satisfied every day. Now I feel too scared to chance losing a job I...

Q: I got my MFA in creative writing -- all I ever wanted to do was write. After grad school I continued to pursue writing while working for my father's business. Essentially, he was okay financing my creative education, as long as I "paid my dues" by supporting myself.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Q: Noah... My business partner and I share good communication and productivity. We're confident in one another's strengths, intelligence and conceptual ideas. Yet, we handle things very differently. I am a bit more mild-mannered. I bet he would say I don't always speak my mind. He...

When a person loses a job, he or she doesn't just lose a paycheck -- their community is dramatically fractured.

Think of your work and calculate the hours per week spent at the office. Think of the emails, IMs and text messages sent to co-workers regarding "business" from home....

Q: It's been four months since my lifelong best friend was tragically killed in a car accident. I'm extremely depressed and grieving. My work, personal and love lives are all suffering. I've started therapy, but haven't made much progress over my grief. I feel somehow that my life stopped when...

Q: It pains me to say that I may be bad at my job. Alas, it appears I'm not good enough. I know my superiors are looking to me for more financial wins. Apparently, they're saying I'm quick and smart, I just lack the passion to close on deals. I...