My mother never wanted children, but had me to please my father, thinking it would save their marriage. It didn’t. When I was ...

My good friend “Candice” is a wonderful person and loyal friend, but has become a real Debbie Downer as we have gotten older. To be fair, she does not have it easy. She has a stressful, demanding job, ...

A reader is troubled by the sharp-edged advice being meted out to younger relatives but reluctant to get involved in the conflicts.

Third-person thinking can help us distance ourselves from bleak thoughts. It can help us regulate our emotions into more even ...

The tendency to replay conversations can also come from experiences rooted in early relational environments. This is ...