The language of emotional regulation and safe spaces—imported from therapy rooms and HR departments—has reshaped what many now expect from their closest relationships. For many couples, modern love ...

That first hit of love—it’s like heroin. Your brain floods with norepinephrine, dopamine, oxytocin. You’re obsessed. You can’t sleep. You’ve found the one. You’re texting constantly. You’re having sex ...

Lauren is the founder of Tink Media and writes two podcast newsletters, Podcast the Newsletter and Podcast Marketing Magic. Her podcast discovery podcast is called Feed the Queue. Lauren has been ...

Author Anne Lamott penned "Help Thanks Wow" as well as "Somehow," one of the best books about relationships. Good relationships form the basis of nearly everything we do in our lives, from spending ...

Dating gets more complicated with age, not because people are pickier, but because they’ve been through enough to know what they won’t tolerate. People who detach from mediocre relationships as they ...

You don’t have to know every detail of your friend’s relationship to sense that something’s…off. Maybe your bestie shrugs off her partner’s frequent texts like they’re no biggie (“He just worries when ...

Parasocial relationships are non-reciprocal connections that can have both positive and negative effects. They happen due to our natural need for connection and can affect a person’s emotions, ...

There’s no shortage of snide jokes, stereotypes, and less-than-flattering representations of age-gap relationships. Think Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend; Leonardo DiCaprio’s infamous ...

When you think about your favorite teacher, you probably don’t remember what grades they gave you—you remember how they made you feel. Maybe they got you excited about a book or a science experiment, ...