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The Science of First Dates

Show interest if you're the least bit attracted.

Despite the pervasive myth we like to chase after people, the actual dating research paints a different picture: no one wants to date people who play hard to get. There's a world of difference between someone who's less available because . . . Read Keep it Interesting

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Entries in depression (5)

Friday
Dec142012

How to Overcome Neediness

 

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When we’re gripped by the terror of neediness, we feel completely out of control. We wonder if any amount of reassurance will ever be enough. How can we understand these moments? More importantly, how can the needy find relief?

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Friday
Dec142012

Self-Lock: Why It's Hard to Improve Your Self-Esteem--And What You Can Do About It

Building better self-esteem can seem like an impossible task at times. Here’s why, and what you can do about it.

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Friday
Jun082012

Why You Blame Yourself for Bad Relationships—and How to Stop

Do you beat yourself up whenever you’re unhappy in your relationships? Here's why—and how to break the habit.

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Thursday
Oct212010

Re-Storing Love: Out of Sight Never Means Out of Mind

Keep getting angry, sad, or anxious in the same way—at work and in love? Try clearing out the bric-a-brac. I don’t mean the dusty old lamp foisted on you when great Auntie Alice passed away last winter; nor do I mean the plastic singing fish your mother slipped into a moving crate, years ago when you packed for college (that’s right—I know you have a singing fish). I’m talking about emotional bric-a-brac.

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Thursday
Oct142010

One of the Top Questions I’m Asked: Answered Below

I’ve lost count of the number of clients and journalists who’ve asked me this one: Should people date while depressed? At a glance, the number last year looks like ten times from the press, alone, (eleven if you count, “Should people date while unemployed?”—in some ways, a variation on the same question, considering how often unemployment seems to coincide with depression).

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