The courtship was all sunset strolls, candlelit dinners, wine and roses, romance and dreams. You found your soulmate and got engaged. You’re excitedly planning the big day and can’t wait for happily ever after. And then it happens. Your fiancé pops the other question: Will you sign a prenup? You’re caught off guard. Hurt and offended. You…
Many Americans feel like we live in a political pressure cooker with only four months until the next presidential election. For many people, this election cycle feels both globally consequential and deeply personal—existential, even. We have passionate views and fears that keep us up at night. In recent years, numerous forces, including social media,…
This spring, Headspace, a leading provider of accessible mental health systems, released its sixth annual “Workforce State of Mind” report. In the study, 71% of employees said that work stress had “caused a personal relationship to end.” Gen X workers (currently aged 44-59) were most likely to report work-related break-ups and divorces, at 79%….
In 2023, the reality TV series The Bachelor tried a new twist on the two-decade-old franchise: Gerry Turner, a dashing 72-year-old widower, was looking for a second chance at love after losing the wife he’d been with since high school. On the show, he dated more than 20 dazzling mature women but finally proposed…
Divorce is a messy business. Sadness, complication, conflict, disruption, and worry are present even in the most amicable splits—and that’s for the adults. When a divorcing couple has children, things become even more complex and painful. You love your kid unconditionally, and this isn’t about them. Your child did nothing to cause your marital…
Maybe you know the famous Carole King song or the version performed by James Taylor—a classic ballad of being there for your friend in tough times, “You’ve Got A Friend.” It’s hard to watch a friend suffer and know you can’t fix it. The end of a marriage is one of the most challenging…
New research suggests a significant generational and gender divide in attitudes toward open relationships, with younger individuals and men showing greater openness to non-monogamous arrangements compared to their older and female counterparts. In a 2021 YouGov poll of more than 23,000 Americans, a quarter of respondents said they’d be interested in an open relationship….
You’ve made the agonizing decision to end your marriage. You’ve worked to salvage the relationship, but now you feel certain it’s time to move on. You’re ready to take the next step. You’re probably feeling anxious, emotional, fragile, overwhelmed—and lost about how to proceed. Although you can get divorced in California without an attorney,…
Dr. Mark Banschick, psychiatrist and the author of The Intelligent Divorce book series, compares the divorce process—especially the long, arduous middle stage—to the old TV show Fantasy Island, where “strange things happen to regular people” and the “normal rules of life no longer apply.” Divorce, Banschick explains in Psychology Today, has three main stages: a beginning,…
One of the world’s foremost philanthropists, Melinda French Gates has announced that she’s stepping down as co-chair of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. French Gates has helped lead the $75 billion organization since its founding nearly 25 years ago. “I am immensely proud of the foundation Bill and I built together and the…
