According to licensed psychotherapist Antranique Neblett, LCSW, emotionally unavailable people often find ways to avoid serious or emotional conversations, which then creates an intimacy barrier (not just physically) and never truly allows the relationship to mature to its fullest. Sometimes emotional unavailability is temporary: “This may be due to a shifting of priorities, where the individual is unable to give time and attention to feelings of their own and their partner,” explains Neblett....

I get so activated in his presence. I light up. Quite literally, I buzz. And sometimes that fire takes over, like a burning rage inside of me. Out of nowhere, feelings such as jealousy, anger, frustration, and fear emerge. In a flip of a switch, I’m off and running like a volcano! It’s overpowering and completely out of my control. Yes, my man absolutely drives me wild. It’s hot. And it burns....

Many people tie their entire identities to their jobs. That’s because, growing up, most of us learn to define our worth by others’ approval of our looks, performance, and achievements. When we get the approval we’re seeking, we feel worthy. But when we don’t, we believe that we’re not OK. Are you thinking, “What else is there?” Everything that actually has true worth, actually! I feel worthy when: Or is it their kindness, caring, generosity, honesty, reliability, and their loving nature?...

According to this research and other scholarly articles1, the two types of passion are harmonious and obsessive. The primary difference between the two is that harmonious passion arises autonomously, or willfully. Obsessive passion, meanwhile, is more of a compulsion, characterized by internalization that “comes to control the person.” In this article, we’re focusing on harmonious passion—which, by the way, research has found to be associated with psychological well-being, as well as preventing psychological conflict....

If you’re wondering how to get better at flirting, the first thing to do is to really understand what flirting is and why we do it in the first place. From there, it’ll be easier to understand how to flirt in a way that truly feels natural for you. A more modern, human definition of flirting as it functions in our culture today would be to think of it simply as any method you use to signal to someone that you find them interesting and want to engage with them further....

And whether you’re storing leftovers or honing your meal-prep skills, freezing soup is one of the best ways to avoid waste and secure a healthy, readily available dish. It’s equally important to “choose container sizes that fit your lifestyle,” says Maggie Moon, M.S., R.D., author The MIND Diet. “If you’re one person, reheating from a container that includes one to two servings makes more sense than having to reheat six servings to get one meal....

If you’re anything like me, you may have a hard time truly letting yourself relax knowing that you have done enough. When we walk around the world believing we aren’t enough, we’ll spend our lives collecting evidence for this core belief. “I’m not enough because I said something stupid, I didn’t get everything done at work today, I wasn’t there for my partner/child/family member the way they needed me to be....