The Virtue of Fun
A recent study suggests that some 30% of Americans has trouble relaxing and putting work aside to enjoy vacation – and a handful of us…
read moreDivorce Ceremonies
When you plan a wedding, you might select the specific readings or poems to commemorate your love at the ceremony. You’ll invite friends and family…
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Time to Unplug?
A while back Tara Parker-Pope wrote a New York Times piece about the high toll of technology over-dependence that’s worth mentioning: With immediate access to…
read moreThe Opinions of Others
A few weeks back, I blogged about new research that found, when searching for a relationship partner, we tend to gravitate toward people who are…
read moreLook 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…
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…
read moreSuperficial Inadequacies
Gawker recently reported that Men’s Health magazine was recycling cover stories – and selling readers nearly identical covers – with messages of physical inadequacy. Men’s…
read moreYou’re Not Too Busy
Think you’re too busy to read a good book, have a quiet hour with your spouse or go to the gym five days a week?…
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