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 Reasons Health Professionals Say You Should Start Your Fitness Journey Now—Not on a Select Date
There’s a date you’ve probably set at some point — a Monday, a 1st of the month, a New Year, a birthday milestone. A future point at which you’ll finally start. Finally get serious. Finally begin the fitness journey you’ve been meaning to begin. Health professionals — GPs, personal trainers, physiotherapists, sports psychologists — are […]
7 Must-Watch Christmas Movies to Get Into the Christmas Spirit
There is an art to the Christmas movie. Not every film set during the holidays qualifies — it takes a particular combination of warmth, nostalgia, genuine heart, and either genuine comedy or genuine emotion (ideally both) to create something people return to year after year. The best Christmas movies don’t just fill time during the […]
8 Reasons Women (and Honestly Everyone) Secretly Love Trash TV and Movies
There is a guilty pleasure admission that crosses all demographics, education levels, and social positions: a great many people — women in particular, though certainly not exclusively — genuinely love trash TV. The Bachelor. Real Housewives. Love Island. Selling Sunset. These shows are deliberately designed to be easy, dramatic, conflict-rich, and wildly improbable. And yet […]
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, […]
Mastering the Art of Job Interviews: 7 Key Attributes That Make You Stand Out
Discover the 7 key job interview attributes that make you stand out to recruiters. From clear communication to emotional intelligence, master the skills that get you hired.
Wish I Read This While Drowning in Work Stress: 7 Tips to Cope Better
I wrote this piece primarily for the version of myself from three years ago, who was drowning in work stress and reading every productivity article on the internet looking for the thing that would finally make it manageable. What I wish someone had told me then: there are things that help and things that don’t, […]
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 […]