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Relationships

reviving a stuck relationship

How to Revive Your Relationships

Maintaining a ho-hum relationship can be more stressful than making a healthy shift. Here’s how to break free of relationship inertia.
By Jon Spayde
FriendsRelationships
Exercising-with-your-dog

Expert Answers: Exercising With Your Dog

What are some good ways to include my dog in my workouts?
By Yael Grauer
Fitness TipsPets
free little library

What to Try Now: Little Free Library

Little Free Libraries are sharing books, improving literacy, and fostering community worldwide.
By Heidi Wachter
Family/Parenting/Kids
Strength-Training-for-Kids

Expert Answers: Safe Strength Training for Children

Is there a safe way for my kid to strength train?
By Chrissy Zmijewski
Family/Parenting/KidsFitness Tips
a woman arrives at a door

How to Deal With a High-Maintenance Friend

Have a pal who makes excessive claims on your time and attention? Here’s how to manage the relationship — without making yourself crazy.
By Jon Spayde
Friends
a group of friends get together to enjoy food after hiking

How to Start a “Do-and-Dine” Fitness Group

Looking to improve the palatability of your fitness routine? Maybe you need a side of social interaction — and a standing date for dinner.
By Angela Pirisi
CommunityFitness Tips
a tween boy eats a healthy breakfast

A Guide to ADHD Nutrition: Foods to Eat and Foods to Avoid

For kids with focus and behavior challenges, these nine nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication.
By the Experience Life Team
Family/Parenting/KidsNutrition Tips
The-Art-of-Confidence

The Art of Condolence

When an acquaintance has lost a loved one, it can be difficult to know what to say or do. Here’s some guidance on offering sympathy with grace.
By Jon Spayde
CommunityCoworkers
Illustration of riding hood, wolf, and lumberjack

How to Avoid Drama

Are your relationships defined by tired role-play? Here’s how to break out of character.
By Anneli Rufus
Attitude/MindsetCoworkers
Naddir Eldeeb

Buddy System: Naddir Eldeeb’s Success Story

How a determined friend helped one man lose 225 pounds and reclaim his sense of self.
By Naddir Eldeeb
FriendsSuccess Stories
strangers

The Surprising Emotional Benefits of Talking to Strangers

Recent research finds that for adults, there may be significant emotional benefits in talking to strangers.
By Experience Life Staff
CommunityRelationships
A white dog smelling a chamomile flower with the focus on the flower

How to Cope With Losing a Pet

When a beloved animal companion dies, runs away, or is lost, the grief can be overwhelming. Psychologist Sandra Barker on how to cope.
By Jon Spayde
PetsRelationships
Family Values á la Francaise

Family Values à la Française

Food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on why perhaps it’s time we stopped obsessing about how the French eat, and started emulating the way they live.
By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Family/Parenting/KidsFood Culture
a young girl mimics the adult action of rubbing her forehead while holding reading glasses while sitting in front of a laptop

Expert Strategies to Help Your Child Cope With Stress

So much for a carefree childhood. Today, even little kids are susceptible to adult-size stresses. Here's where the stress comes from, and what you can do about it.
By Helen Cordes
Family/Parenting/KidsStress
Peace Through Personality

Peace Through Personality: How to Use the Enneagram to Manage Conflict

The Enneagram can help us understand why each of us deals with conflict differently — and how we can find common ground.
By Curt Micka
Emotional IntelligenceFamily/Parenting/Kids
cafe-friends

Proof Positive: Genetically, Many Friends Are Like Family

Research duo Nicholas Christakis and John Fowler recently discovered that the friends we choose tend be as genetically similar as our fourth cousins.
By Katie Dohman
Friends
Tips to navigate social anxiety

Navigating Social Anxiety

Tricks and tips from professional performers.
By Anneli Rufus
CommunityDepression & Anxiety
your-brain-in-love

Your Brain in Love

The science behind lust, attraction, and attachment — and the enduring mysteries that data can’t explain.
By Terri Trespicio
Dating/Marriage
a couple sits on opposite sides of a couch reading

Discover Your Relationship Type — Are You a Buyer, Renter, or Freeloader?

When it comes to relationships, are you and your partner looking to stay put or still shopping around?
By Willard Harley
Dating/MarriageHealthy Communication
people sitting apart from each other on couch

A Better Breakup: How to End Things with Clarity and Care

Senior editor Courtney Helgoe offers a little background on "conscious uncoupling."
By Courtney Helgoe
Dating/MarriageRelationships
Equine-Therapy

Horse Power: Equine-Assisted Therapy Retreats

Learn about yourself through equine eyes with hippotherapy.
By Terri Trespicio
Functional/Integrative MedicineMental Health
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