So you’ve agreed to take your first couple’s trip. Congratulations! At a minimum, it indicates your relationship is going well, and you enjoy spending time with each other. Whatever else it means remains to be seen. At least for now, you can safely begin floating ideas about where you should go. But before you seal […]
You can hide the gray and use as many anti-wrinkle creams as you like. But the one part of growing older, if you’re a woman, that you can’t stave off is menopause. Menopause, which is defined as the time after which you haven’t had a period for 12 months, can come with a series of […]
Dating can be hard to navigate, even when things are going well. But when the person you’re dating at first seems like the love of a lifetime, deeply passionate and emotional, and then flips a switch, you might find yourself hurt and confused. This can quickly start taking a toll on you and those around […]
Having opposite-sex friends has long been perceived to be valuable by both women and men. It also raises the widely debated question: Can men and women be just friends? According to a study from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin titled as the same question posed above, both sexes reported the information they […]
As long as Linda can remember, she felt like she was in competition with her three older siblings. Growing up in Wilmette, she remembers that they were “better at everything — sports, academics, more friends… you name it,” she says. “I always felt like I didn’t measure up.” But looking back, she doesn’t place blame entirely […]
As more and more vaccines to protect against Covid-19 become available, and state governments loosen social distancing restrictions, people, including singles, have begun re-emerging from lockdown. On April 10, the CDC reported that approximately 179 million vaccines had been administered in the U.S. While the country gradually transitions back into “normal” life, singles who’ve put their dating […]
When browsing online dating platforms for a match, in theory, you’re right to assume your match is single. After all, most online dating sites are designed for singles. However, in a dating study from Kaspersky Lab, researchers reported that 31 percent of online dating service users who were surveyed also were married or living with a […]
Do you have a child or loved one who has recently come out, or who is struggling with being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer? Do you feel alone and overwhelmed with where to find accurate information and support? I can certainly empathize with you, which is why I’ve created Learning to Just Breathe. When […]
Giving Tuesday, the global movement that takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is based on one simple idea: encouraging people to do good. That might mean a financial donation, volunteering your time, or an act of kindness, such as making dinner for an elderly neighbor. According to the Giving Tuesday website, “Every act of generosity counts, […]
After many months of quarantine, we’re betting you’ve either exhausted every ounce of creativity in the bedroom, or you’ve spent so much time with your partner that you aren’t interested in touching them with a 10-foot pole. Sound familiar? If your sex life could use a tune-up, we’ve rounded up some of our most popular […]
