By Jesse Lee Wilde and David J. A. Dozois Guest Contributors For some, the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to spend more time and reconnect with romantic partners. For others, love on lockdown has magnified relationship difficulties that couples were experiencing ...
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Feed SubscriptionBridgerton Offers Clever Relationship Advice — Why Friendship Is The Foundation Of Happy Romantic Partnerships
By Raquel Peel Guest Contributor This story contains spoilers for Bridgerton The first season of Bridgerton, Netflix’s new hit show based on Julia Quinn’s novels, premiered on December 25 last year. The show is set in London, during the debutante season ...
Read More »7 Research-Based Resolutions That Will Help Strengthen Your Relationship This Year
Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Guest Contributor The new year is going to be better. It has to be better. Maybe you’re one of the 74% of Americans in one survey who said they planned on hitting the reset button on ...
Read More »Pandemic December: How To Stay Connected And Resilient In A COVID-19 Holiday Season
By Kerri Ritchie and Caroline Gerin-Lajoie Guest Contributors This year’s holiday season will no doubt be different. The holidays are already a time of increased mental health risks because of anxiety, depression, seasonal affective disorder, alcohol/substance use and other factors. Now, the ...
Read More »How Your Behaviour In Childhood Predicts Whether You’ll Be In A Relationship As An Adult
By Francis Vergunst Guest Contributor The question of how to find a steady romantic partnership is among the oldest human predicaments. There is consequently considerable interest in what factors might predict partnership success. Traits like warmth, conscientiousness, agreeableness and trust all ...
Read More »Vaginismus: The Common Condition Leading To Painful Sex
By Anita M Elias Guest Contributor The social and cultural messages we receive around sex give the impression everyone’s “doing it” and it’s always fun and enjoyable. But for many people, having sexual intercourse is extremely painful or impossible. One of ...
Read More »The Coronavirus Killed The Handshake And The Hug: What Will Replace Them?
The pandemic has brought in its wake the possible elimination of the handshake By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Hold it all, have no fear but be aware, the truth can no longer be hid — Covid has changed all that ...
Read More »What Is Love?
By Gery Karantzas Guest Contributor From songs and poems to novels and movies, romantic love is one of the most enduring subjects for artworks through the ages. But what about the science? Historical, cultural and even evolutionary evidence suggests love existed ...
Read More »For The Sistah-Good: The New To Do
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist In any community, support is a key component. It can be terribly disheartening to listen to sisters tell about the lack of support from other sisters. Each seat in our cheering section should be full ...
Read More »Women And Children More Victimised By The Coronavirus
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Lock-down, social distancing, and other restrictions have left millions of us vulnerable to a growing uncertainty about the coronavirus, its specific symptoms, as well as a lack of scientific information about its future effects on ...
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