You know the headlines: “10 Tips for a Thinner Thanksgiving” or “The 7 Smartest Ways to Cut Thanksgiving Calories.” Is healthy eating during the holidays possible? Every year, these guilt-inducing headlines fill us with anxiety. We begin to dread the upcoming war between our cravings for all the delectable treats and the desire to control our appetites. It’s no wonder we start fearing holiday eating and begin drawing up battle plans....

According to World Population Review data on divorce rates, between 42% and 53% of the nearly 5 million marriages that take place each year end in divorce. So, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise if you, or someone you are close to, has experienced a divorce. In my family, the divorce tally is my parents, two aunts, an uncle, a sister (twice), and a stepbrother. My parents both remarried to spouses who were also divorced....

Just because you feel a connection doesn’t mean he’s on the same page. How do guys become emotionally attached? There are a lot of misconceptions about how men fall in love and what bonds them to a particular woman instead of another. Certainly, many men have a type of woman they find attractive based on her appearance but falling in love and how guys get emotionally attached has more to do with how they feel when they spend time with that person than anything else....

Kardashian is not only a reality television star, but also a business owner and aspiring lawyer. Naturally, time with her four kids, North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm, is tough to come by. To help her care for her kids, Kardashian has a cast of nannies, who, according to a 2018 RadarOnline report, are paid very well. How much do Kim Kardashian’s nannies get paid? Kardashian allegedly pays her nannies six-figure salaries each....

Even with all my education, training, and skills, when I work with someone, I need to be able to meet them with my heart in order to help them. If I’m resisting my own emotions, I can’t help them feel theirs. If we don’t feel, we don’t heal. That journey into the darkness where our hurts lurk is difficult, and most don’t or won’t take it. RELATED: After I Became Emotionally Healthy, I Let Go Of My Best Friend Of 25 Years We live in a culture that worships the rational mind, but without the heart, the rational mind is irrational....

It was, perhaps, a crazy decision. But I was, at the time, feeling without an anchor to any one place and I needed life to be inspiring and uplifting. The life I had landed in France ticked all the boxes. And so, I stayed. RELATED: All The Gross Stuff About Birth That Other Moms Will Never Tell You You can read the first chapter of that story here. During my pregnancy — my grossesse, as the French say — I learned a lot about the French medical system and the way in which pregnancy is perceived in France....

In the winter of 2009, I reunited with my high school sweetheart after a thirty-year separation. She told me she had a mastectomy in May, and was through with her chemo, and on the tail of radiation. She stressed she was bald. My reply: “And?” My response took her by surprise. She really did try every trick to warm me of her physical issues. RELATED: Don’t Settle For Less Than Someone Who Exhibits These 15 Behaviors Guys, I can’t stress the word physical enough....

For as long as I can remember, my parents were genuinely unhappy together. I remember the fights, the tears, the yelling and the heartache… it was unbearable at times. As the years went on they (thankfully) started to realize how much they didn’t fit together. By the time my sister and I were about eight and nine years old, my mom filed for divorce. That was the worst part about this whole situation....

Now, the Midnights singer is making the news because of her cat, Olivia Benson. RELATED: 9 Strict Rules Taylor Swift Allegedly Makes Her Boyfriends Follow Taylor Swift’s cat, Olivia Benson, is allegedly worth $97 million. According to a report from All About Cats, Taylor Swift’s feline friend Olivia Benson is ranked as the 3rd richest pet in the world. The Scottish Fold, named for Mariska Hargitay’s Law and Order: SVU character, has a net worth of $97 million....

During both New and Full Moons, the gravity of the sun reinforces that of the moon, causing the magnetic pull of tides to increase, so just imagine what it does to us. The moon pulls on our life source, our mental universe; it pulls on our emotions, our judgment. It can disrupt our thinking and make us paranoid. But the moon can also give us power, magic, and magical thinking....

Narcissists are selfish, self-centered, and believe themselves to be superior to others. Individuals with this disorder expect to be treated in certain ways and don’t regard the opinions or problems of others. One of the worst things narcissists do is manipulate people into doing what they want. They can become abusive and deeply hurt the people in their lives. But do narcissists know they are narcissists? Well, one man named Lee Hammock is a self-aware narcissist....

Human relationships are never a perfect fairy tale. But they aren’t rescue missions, either. Have you found yourself trying to be a rescue nurse, rather than someone in a stable relationship based on equal amounts of giving and take? If this doesn’t sound like a recipe for a healthy relationship, that’s because it isn’t. One may consider you an “emotional support human” — as if you are more of a pet than a partner....

Healthy relationships: A healthy relationship is comprised of six ingredients: communication, compromise, commitment, compatibility, conduct, and consideration. When you are in a healthy relationship you feel good; you are happy even when you are alone or with the person you are with. In a healthy relationship, you do not have to walk around on eggshells because you and your partner exhibit good personal boundaries, and each person is free to express who they truly are....

We fall in love only when we are ready and prepared for a romantic relationship. Our choice of whom to fall in love with is not arbitrary. Highly educated people will rarely fall in love with people who are not. Very rich people will rarely fall in love with poor ones . Love is also not instantaneous. It grows gradually, which is why we can easily opt out of a love affair at its early stages while moving out of a long-term relationship is much less under our control....

The biggest misconception women have when it comes to trying girl-on-top sex positions like the cowgirl is that it requires a lot of skill to pull off properly. It really doesn’t. In fact, in many ways, it’s exactly like riding a bike. The first few times you try it, it can be a bit nerve-racking and possibly even awkward. But each subsequent time you are on top of your man during sex, you will notice how it gets easier and easier....

I was stuck in a negative pattern of dating emotionally reticent men, while I pushed away the men who were clearly ready for a relationship. RELATED: 11 Little Signs You Mean Everything To Him So I shifted from figuring out if my date was a good romantic match on the basis of his looks, profession, and hobbies (as do most people), to a new system of assessment, one in which I focused on my date’s level of consciousness, or, put otherwise, his level of self-awareness....

Sometimes, feelings pass away. Sometimes, people change. Sometimes, spouses simply can’t continue living together. How can you tell your husband that you want a divorce, when you know he doesn’t? Civil divorce starts with the right words. The first conversation may be the first step to an amicable breakup that can help you save your time, money and energy and maintain a cordial relationship with your future ex-husband. There is no one winning recipe for how to tell your husband you want a divorce....

Listen, living with someone makes us all do crazy things sometimes so while this dilemma may not seem like the worst thing that can happen, surely we can all relate to the man’s woes. The man took his issue to the subreddit, “r/AmItheA–hole” which allows you to ask internet strangers for their opinion on something that has been bothering you. Once you tell your story, the community will look at what has been presented and decide if “You’re the A–hole” (YTA), “Not the A–hole” (NTA), or if “Everyone sucks here” (ESH)....

I had sex with abandon, no condoms, and no birth control pills. For the first time in my married life, I wasn’t thinking about that next fertility cycle, that next round of hormones. It took another two tries to get pregnant again, and last year I gave birth to our second and final baby. Another traumatic birth, perhaps even more so than the first. I had breakdown after breakdown, a baby in the NICU, and an eleven-day hospital stay....

She paused. She didn’t know what to say. In the past, she actually said, “He’s not the guy for you.” But to this day, I never told my then-fiancé that because I knew that would ruin his friendship with her. I knew he would never forgive her for something like that. She asked me why and I began to tell her about his flaws and how much they annoy me....