Ann’s father suddenly died when she was 12, and now as an adult she is understandably hypersensitive to potential losses in her adult life. When her partner seems withdrawn, she automatically worries ...

From “affect” and “effect,” where one has an A and one an E, to “let’s” and “lets,” where that little apostrophe makes a big difference, English is filled with pairs of similar words you’re probably ...

“That which does not kill us outright makes us stronger,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche more than 100 years ago. As a psychotherapist for 20 years, I’ve seen clients bear this out many times. “I wasn’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, past-life memories have ...

“Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a ...

If you and your partner can talk about everything — including admitting to past mistakes, moments of toxicity, and so on — it's a sign you have a trusting, comfortable, and supportive relationship.

Forty years ago, “Back to the Future” premiered in theaters. The movie, about a teenager who inadvertently travels back in time, grossed around $222 million worldwide in inflation-adjusted dollars. If ...

In a way, all of us are time travelers. If we just pause and close our eyes we can wander back to our first kiss...our first breakup...that grandparent we should have visited...the summer that went on ...

Many of us tend to rewrite our history so today can’t compete. You might do this with relationships (“I had a blast with [insert terrible ex]”), jobs (“Those monotonous work meetings gave me time to ...