It wasn't long before the koffee klatch to which I paid fealty had a name. We were The Breakfast Club.
womansday.com | Jennifer Matlack | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living
You're in a lousy mood and want to feel better fast. What you need is a happiness fix--right now! Try one of these spirit-boosting tips to jump-start ...
news.yahoo.com | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living
Regions of the brain that process pleasurable experiences such as sweet tastes and sexual stimuli are the same ones that determine whether an individu...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living
Most friendships don't last forever. If you are reeling from a failed friendship or one that seemed to drift apart, here are some thoughts to help you get over the hurt.
Christine Hassler | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living
Dear Christine, I read your posts about spring cleaning relationships and your advice hit a nerve with me. I have a friendship I want to end - I have...
Anne Naylor | Posted 06.02.2009 | Living
In times of transition and stress, we look to each other for comfort, reassurance or simply a good laugh. A crisis draws people together. We may find ...
Margaret Ruth | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living
Great, warm, perfect relationships exist and are available for anyone who wants them.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living
QUESTION Dear Irene, About three or four weeks ago, I broke up amicably with a guy I was dating because the relationship just wasn't growing romanti...
Therese Borchard | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living
Jimmy Carter isn't the only one with lust in his heart. I receive a handful of e-mails a day from my readers who are either stuck in an emotional affa...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living
As your daughter is only 5 ½, you need to be cautious about the people you expose her to. So if your fiancé is incarcerated for child molestation, that obviously should be a deal-killer.
Johann Hari | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
At the end of the failed age of market fundamentalism, the long-suppressed democratic cry for equality is emerging once again.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.10.2009 | Living
Well, no. You can't actually make someone like you. But you can behave in ways that will make it slightly more likely. We all want to feel that oth...
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style
I am wistful not because I miss Georgia's split pea soup (though I truly do), but because I'm expecting that such gleeful times in places like Deities may never occur again.
Sally Horchow | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living
Connectors' lives -- both innately and deliberately -- are built around their meaningful connections with other people.
Auren Hoffman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living
Friends have the capacity to affect people's tastes, activities, and their lives overall.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment
Phoenix looked like they were really relishing being on the SNL stage. This exuberance and gratitude didn't fit the aloof, no-big-deal-ness of a posturing band out of Brooklyn.
Karen Leland | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living
My morning started out well enough, until the doorbell rang. It was the contractor there to discuss the driveway. This would be the same driveway his ...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.29.2009 | Living
If your friend is unwilling or unable to forgive you, don't lash out in anger. Step back and learn from the experience.
Mona Ackerman | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living
Q: I am really fuming at the moment. Let me tell you what happened. I live in an affluent rural area and my husband and I work very hard to ...
Kari Henley | Posted 04.15.2009 | Living
This is the final column in a three part series exploring the power of community as a much needed and oft forgotten tool for stress, coping and perhap...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living
Dear Irene, I'm an award-winning author with a friendship dilemma. A long time friend told one of my clients that my agent was basically a 'nobody' and that I'm 'just a ghost writer.' Should I confront her?
YourTango | Sarah Harrison | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living
The quiz shows how much you accept six types of love: Eros, Pragma, Banquet, Mania, Ludus and Storge. Yes, they sound like exotic birds or rivers in G...
Kari Henley | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living
Last week, we baked a cake together. The cake was called Community and the ingredients were all the layers of relationships we have in our lives: ours...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living
Every Wednesday is Tip Day. Ancient philosophers and scientists agree: strong social ties are the KEY to happiness. You need close, long-term relatio...
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living
Any major life change--including an unexpected job loss can increase the risk of a once-close friendship falling apart. As a result, the global recession is challenging untold numbers of female friendships.
David Finkle | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living