Look for a Partner Your Friends Will Like
Opposites attract, right? Wrong. It’s one of the myths marriage and family sociologists love to shatter: While Hollywood has romantic notions of maids in Manhattan…
read moreTrying, Not Trying and OK Either Way?
Childbearing outside marriage is on the rise, with some 40% of all births to unwed mothers. And more than half of unplanned pregnancies occur among…
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Renewing the Spirit: A Catholic Guide to Overcoming Career Burnout
As the holiday season draws nearer, so do my responsibilities as a mother and college professor. Meeting work deadlines, traveling for business, attending committee meetings,…
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Community Service: How You Can Act on Catholic Social Teaching Every Day
During my many years of volunteer service (primarily in hunger relief organizations), I’ve witnessed a frustrating phenomenon. While people (admirably) tend to focus on opportunities…
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Bless Us, Oh Lord, for These Thy Gifts: The Holiness of Mealtimes
A few years ago, I was asked to sit on an alumnae panel at my high school to talk about life in college and beyond.…
read moreTrust Your Hormones
Here’s a plot of a future James Bond movie: The evil female character is lulled into trusting Bond after he spikes her drink with oxytocin,…
read moreWhy Women’s Magazines May Be Harmful to Your Relationship
Writing about the repetition in men’s magazines earlier this week made me look back at my research on men’s and women’s magazines from more than…
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