What Is an Introvert? Common Traits and Misconceptions
You’ve seen the personality tests. Scanned the titles on the bookshelves (probably in the self-help section). Heard others…
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Are ‘Blue Balls’ Real?
Have you ever wondered if “blue balls” is a real phenomenon — if testicles everywhere are in constant danger of…
Relationships
Limerence: The Science of Obsessive Attraction
If you’ve ever been “madly” in love with someone who doesn’t share the same feelings, you’ve likely experienced…
Lifestyle
How Many Types of Love Are There?
Like hunger, thirst, sleep and sex, love is essential for human survival. It can sometimes be so strong or…
Lifestyle
Ghosting: Why It Happens and How To Cope
You had high hopes for that new person in your life, but a week has gone by without…
Relationships
How To Recognize (and Stop) a Guilt Trip
“Everyone else is coming to my party. Can’t you make it work?” “I’m really busy this week, and…
Lifestyle
Can You Actually Be Addicted To Love?
A popular song from the 1980s has a refrain that goes, “Might as well face it, you’re addicted…
Lifestyle
Otroverts: An Emerging Personality Type
You’re probably somewhat familiar with some standard personality types, like introvert and extrovert. But a newly coined way…
Advice
8 Ways To Address Your Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is more than just feeling a little bit nervous in social settings. When you have this anxiety…
Sex & Intimacy
Are You in a Parasocial Relationship?
Are you a “Swiftie” poring over every line of Taylor Swift’s music catalogue to find the one lyric…
Advice
6 Benefits of Marriage Counseling (and Why It Sometimes Doesn’t Work)
You and your spouse used to click. Now, it feels like you’re constantly clashing. If recurring arguments, parenting…
Lifestyle
Are You Being Manipulated Through Weaponized Incompetence?
Your partner loads the dishwasher so poorly that you end up redoing it. They “forget” to pick up…
Sex & Intimacy
How to Make a Girl Cum
Have you made a girl cum before? I am guessing your answer is either going to be no or a few times. But what…
Dating Tips
How to Write a Dating Profile That Actually Gets Responses
Your profile is your first impression — make it count. Learn exactly what to write, what to avoid,…
Dating Tips
First Date Tips: How to Make a Great Impression Every Time
First dates don’t have to be nerve-wracking. Learn how to plan, prepare, and show up with confidence so…
Dating Tips
Dating After Divorce: How to Start Over With Confidence
Divorce isn’t the end of your love story — it’s the beginning of a new chapter. Learn how…
Sex & Intimacy
5 Common Questions About Sex and Your Heart
By: Steven Nissen, MD Patients often ask me: Is sex good for your heart? The question seems simple. The…
Sex & Intimacy
What Does “Sex Positive” Mean?
Historically, our culture has been filled with negative references about sex and sexual identity. But the idea of…
Sex & Intimacy
Is Anal Sex Safe?
If you’re considering anal sex for the first time, you’re not alone. Though it may have once been…
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5 Benefits of a Healthy Sex Life
We often think of sex as only for pleasure, but it also offers physical, emotional and psychological benefits. Sex…
Sex & Intimacy
8 Strategies for Dating During Cuffing Season
‘Tis the season to curl up next to a fire with a good book or — if you’re…