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Every morning in winter, I get up an hour before everyone else and build a fire.
I throw sweatpants and a wool sweater on over my pajamas. It’s cold inside. Sometimes down to 40 degrees.
The house is old, but it belonged to my grandparents [Read more…] about Is The Air in Your House Making You Sick?
The short answer is:
It depends on why you split up.
If you split up because you weren’t getting along, then maybe not. [Read more…] about Should I Get Back with My Ex? The Short Answer
Music is the background to our lives.
It’s on the car radio, keeping us pumped as we run, piped through the office, and irritating us in elevators.
Given how much music we listen to, wouldn’t it be wonderful if music could do something more than just entertain us [Read more…] about Switch Your Music to Sound Therapy and Feel Better
If someone asked you right now whether you were happy…
How would you answer?
But wait. Hold on.
What does happiness even MEAN, anyway? [Read more…] about Living an Awesome Life Doesn’t Mean Being Happy All the Time
The short answer is no.
Online dating sites hook us with their promises of sorting through the sea of potential matches for us. All you have to do is fill in a detailed survey, and voilà! The algorithm finds the perfect guy for you. [Read more…] about Can Attraction Be Predicted? The Short Answer
You’re driving down the street.
Listening to music, drifting with your thoughts.
It’s a leafy residential area with cars parked on either side. There’s not much room to drive.
You spot a car coming towards you [Read more…] about What to Do When Your Boyfriend Yells at You
The short answer is to treat yourself the way you wish he’d treat you.
If that seems backwards to you, let me explain. [Read more…] about How Can I Make Him Love Me? The Short Answer
The short answer is smartphones.
Smartphones are changing culture. We treat people differently when we’re interacting digitally. We type things we’d never say face-to-face. We forget there’s a real human being behind there. [Read more…] about Why Do Men Ghost? The Short Answer
I never saw it coming.
I was at the park with my daughter after school. She sat on the bench, waiting for me to finish tightening her roller skates. A few of her friends wandered over to watch.
As I helped my daughter stand up, one of the girls asked me, “Are you her sister?” [Read more…] about My 3 Best Anti-Aging Secrets
Once upon a time, you fell in love with someone who lived in the same place you did.
You shared the same culture. You knew the same people. You had the same expectations of what your life together would look like.
Now all you have to do is log into an online dating site [Read more…] about The Truth about Loving Someone from Another Country
The short answer is your pleasure.
We tend to think of sexy as something we see. A pop star shaking her booty. Luscious red lips. A glimpse of skin.
That’s not sexy. [Read more…] about How Can I Be Sexier? The Short Answer
I look at myself in the mirror.
It’s like a horror movie. My teeth are pitch black. Black spittle runs down the corners of my mouth.
I’m a zombie, or a pirate with rotten teeth.
This would be a great Halloween costume, I think, except I couldn’t keep this stuff in my mouth for long. [Read more…] about I Brushed My Teeth with Activated Charcoal & Here’s What I Learned
I couldn’t hold anything back from Céline and Kevin.
You may remember Céline from our fantastic interviews with her on breast massage and the power of pleasure. [Read more…] about Amy Tells All in The Love Lab Hot Seat
You’ve heard about this text you can send him.
It’ll knock his socks off.
He’ll be flooded with feel-good chemicals and feel a passionate desire to be with you and only you.
Or not. Your guy doesn’t notice half your texts. [Read more…] about Text Your Way to His Heart … Or Not
I got caught up in the tailwind of a discussion the other day…
on whether feminism had ruined dating.
The thrust of the argument was this: [Read more…] about Do Feminists Deserve Love, Too?
