When You Feel Ashamed of Your Child
As every parent knows, there is a dark side to raising children. While love comes naturally, the same…
I Dislike My Partner’s Family, What Do I Do?
Relationships involve more than two people. Not only must you adjust to your new lover’s flaws and insecurities,…
Living on Your Own for the First Time
Most people live alone at some point. Many first do so in their teens or twenties, others in…
Goals to Set in Midlife or Middle Age
Middle age is a time to pause, take a careful look at your life, and ask yourself a…
Ageing Without Your Life Partner
When couples reach their 60s or 70s they begin to think of retirement. They have worked hard, saved…
Six Traits Popular People Have in Common
In recent years, TV game shows have appeared in which ordinary people live together, perform challenges, and compete…
Five Things That Make Life Worth Living
The philosopher Albert Camus once declared that the supreme question was not how to live but why. Whether…
Monogamy: The Struggle to Remain Faithful
For most people, monogamy requires determination and self-discipline. A life without commitment, however, moving from lover to lover,…
Different Theories on Consciousness and the Brain
In his novel At Last, Edward St Aubyn imagines a philosopher sitting among the guests at someone’s funeral.…
