As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. Have a submission? Contact us. Jeanne Stevens is the founding and co-lead pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago, one of America’s fastest growing urban churches. A sought-after speaker, leader, and writer, Jeanne’s passion is to help people wake […]
As part of our “Love Essentially” series, Jackie Pilossoph helps us navigate the complex world of relationships. Have a question that you would like her to answer? Contact her here, and it may be featured in an upcoming article! Looking for a job can be stressful. Let’s face it, it always was. But now, add COVID […]
As part of our “Love Essentially” series, Jackie Pilossoph helps us navigate the complex world of relationships. Have a question that you would like her to answer? Contact her here, and it may be featured in an upcoming article! It’s been almost 10 years since Kathleen McCarthy got divorced, but she can still recall the raw […]
For many women, the status quo isn’t working. Between August and September, 865,000 women left the workforce, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. That number is roughly four times the amount of men (216,000) who left the workforce in the same timeframe. We as a society need […]
Make It Better Media Group’s annual Celebrating Women on the Rise event took a different form this year — a virtual conversation between influential, national experts. Cheryl Berman, Chief Creative and CEO of unbundled Creative, and Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of How Women Lead and GP of How Women Invest, joined our own Susan Noyes, […]
A reader struggling in her marriage asked our sex and relationship columnist Cara Sullivan a really awesome, really honest question. Cara went straight to the best sex and relationship expert she knows, the incredible Laura Berman, LCSW, PhD., an assistant clinical professor of OB/GYN & Psychiatry at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the host […]
In a viral social media post shared on the eve of move-in day, San Diego State University encouraged incoming freshmen students to let their parents take pictures, make their bed, and embarrass them because “[a]s you start the new chapter of your life, they are also starting the new chapter of theirs. And believe it or […]
Is your husband watching porn? The truth is that most men do, at least sometimes. The Internet, combined with portable devices like smartphones and tablets, makes access to X-rated sites easy, immediate and private. Online porn is an estimated $2.8 billion business, not to mention the free stuff that’s out there. A whopping 87 percent […]
Does this scenario sound familiar? Kate and Jim are settling onto the couch, finally able to relax after a long day. “Hey,” Jim grins. “Wanna have sex?” Kate looks at him with exasperation. She loves her husband, but she just sat down and, unfortunately, nothing about her is pulsating with desire. “Not really,” she answers […]
Are you a Tiger Mother, like Amy Chua, or do you let your child make his or her own decisions about extracurricular activities? Should you snoop on your teen’s open Facebook page or would you consider that a violation of your child’s privacy? If you’ve got teens, you’ve got questions. Amy Dickinson, a.k.a. “Ask […]
