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It’s hard to know what to do or say when a loved one is in the throes of a devastating breakup. No matter what you try — talking about it, not talking about it, vilifying the ex, coming up with fun ...

Intense distress after a sudden crisis is normal, and does not prohibit people from ultimately getting some benefit from the experience. Recovering and growing doesn't mean suppressing these responses ...

For three years, Christi Newrutzen walked past a half-painted dresser in her house in Bellingham, WA. Gosh, I need to finish that, the 30-year-old trained speech pathologist would think to herself ...

You don’t have to know every detail of your friend’s relationship to sense that something’s…off. Maybe your bestie shrugs off her partner’s frequent texts like they’re no biggie (“He just worries when ...