friendships

If you’re not currently poor, low-income, or broke, here’s what you can do this summer to support your friends and family members who might be.

When my soon-to-be-husband proposed I knew wedding planning would teach me about our relationship. I didn’t realize it would teach me about friendship.

When it comes to Facebook, I find my usually adequate social skills are sometimes lacking. To put it bluntly, I am not a good Facebook friend.

The amount of emotional labor I had put into these pseudo-friendships was immediately swept away with one single mention of my own personal discomfort

I didn’t realize I was a polarizing person until my late 20s. I was raised in a tradition where being liked was extremely important — pivotal, even.

If you have these four types of friends in your life, they could literally be making you sick. Consider yourself warned and remove these toxic friends!

Please know that us flakes usually are dealing with something more than being lazy or disinterested. Flakes are usually ashamed and angry at themselves for not being able to speak out or address things “properly,” so a little love can go a long way.

Miscarriage steals your ability to prepare for the future, to trust your body, your mind, and your support system.