So often the very thing that keeps people feeling alone and disconnected from the people around them is how they feel about themselves. For instance, they feel inadequate, too fat,

As I review WebMD’s Relationships and Coping community each week, I am struck by the variety of struggles people have in their romantic relationships… and, not surprisingly, how

Thanks to Mother Nature, much of the great outdoors in our country is covered in white. But thanks to the marketing gurus, all of the

It started innocently enough. You connected on FaceBook with an old boyfriend or girlfriend (isn’t technology wonderful?) — or started

To feel alone in the world is torture. Fortunately, this is a fate that people with at least one sister are less likely to feel — according to some studies that have looked at adolescent girls

It was horrifying to hear the news of a gunman attempting to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people (including a 9 year-old girl). As a psychologist, I have an

With the news filled with the world’s woes, it’s sometimes hard to find things to be optimistic about. But our relationships in this modern world actually do offer some hope. So, in the