7 Things You Need to Think About When Making Your 2026 New Year Goals
Setting goals for a new year is one of the most hopeful acts a person can perform — and one of the most frequently abandoned. By February, most resolutions are already fading. The reason is rarely lack of motivation. It is almost always lack of clarity, structure, and honest self-knowledge. These seven questions are not […]
8 Signs You’re Truly Content With Life (And Why It Feels So Good)
Happiness gets most of the cultural attention. We’re told to pursue it, optimise for it, and evaluate our lives by whether we feel it. But contentment — that quieter, more durable state of being at peace with your life as it is — might actually be the more meaningful goal. And unlike happiness, which can […]
6 Reasons Why It’s Not Cheating If Your Girlfriend Is Caught Kissing Another Girl — According to Psychologists
Few topics in modern dating generate as much confusion, disagreement, and raw emotion as the question of what counts as cheating. In an era of shifting norms around sexuality, gender, and relationship structure, the boundaries that were once assumed are increasingly being questioned — and not always for straightforward reasons. One particular conversation that comes […]
Why the Holiday Season Triggers Breakups: 7 Reasons We Need to Check In on Our Relationships and Each Other
You might have noticed that a disproportionate number of breakups seem to happen around Christmas and the new year. It’s not a myth — data from relationship researchers and even Facebook’s historical data confirms that separation rates spike in December and early January. There’s even a name for it now: “holiday breakup season.” Understanding why […]
7 Signs You Are Developing Resilience or Causing Anxiety and Depression
Resilience is one of those words we hear so often that its meaning can become blurry. “She’s so resilient.” “Just be more resilient.” “Resilience is what gets you through.” But genuine resilience is a specific psychological capacity — distinct from toughness, from suppression, from mere survival — and understanding whether you’re actually building it or […]
Don’t Invite Someone to Your Wedding Unless They Meet These 8 Criteria
The guest list is where wedding planning gets personal — and for many couples, where it gets genuinely difficult. I’ve watched the guest list conversation undo more pre-wedding joy than almost any other element of planning. And almost always, the difficulty comes from the same source: inviting people out of obligation rather than genuine desire, […]
7 Reasons Hot Girl Summer Should Be With Another Woman — Not an F-Boy
I was thirty-one when I sat across from my boss in a glass-walled meeting room and asked for a pay rise for the first time. I had been doing it — deserving it, by any reasonable measure — for two years. I had a list of achievements. I had market data. I had rehearsed what […]
6 Signs Your Best Friend Might Be Trying to Reveal He’s Gay
We Always Knew — And We Always Loved Him for It Growing up, we all had that one friend who sparkled a little brighter than the rest of us. Mine was Liam — theatre-eccentric, spectacularly dramatic, a natural performer who could turn a simple walk down the school hallway into a full Broadway audition. He […]
7 Subtle Signs Your Colleagues Are in a Sexual Relationship
Signs coworkers are sleeping together are more common in workplaces than most office policies suggest. Workplace relationships are more common than most office policies suggest — research by the Society for Human Resource Management found that over a quarter (27%) of U.S. workers are currently in a workplace romance or have been in one before. […]
7 Relationship Habits That Quietly Determine Whether Love Lasts
Long-term relationships are built less on chemistry and more on small, consistent habits. Here are 7 — backed by 40 years of Gottman relationship research.