Love

At least in her formative years — Ever since my daughter was born in Los Angeles two years ago, I started to think and worry about her future education. Not because I wanted her to get into Harvard or become a doctor, but because I wanted her to grow up peacefully and playfully, surrounded by nature and…

Does anyone else ever notice how many people try to control women “out of love?” — Recently, I saw a rather disturbing trend when it came to misogynists defending themselves. It’s something that I’ve seen creep into comments when I talk about the things I see online and the way people have behaved with women in recent years. It’s always the same: it’s a guy who…

Why the obvious isn’t necessarily the most draining. — If I were to ask you what you find the most painful in a relationship, what would you say? Is it infidelity, uncertainty, or rather feeling useless or unloved? Unlike most people, I don’t believe the end of the relationship to be the most painful thing. There is so much…

According to a behavioral investigator, here’s how to master the art — Vanessa Van Edwards is an author and the lead researcher at The Science of People. All She and her team do is study human behavior. So whatever you’ll be learning from this article is a product of elaborate studies of human nature. Here’s what they’ve discovered: There’s an art to…

Who Knew It Would Be Like This? — Today is my 70th birthday. It’s the 50th anniversary of my engagement. We were at the beach, at my grandmother’s magic house, where every room afforded the sweet rhythmic sounds of ocean crashing on rocks, and the salt breeze rocking the curtains of each window. …