Love doesn’t always follow the neat storylines we see in movies. Sometimes the most profound connections occur with people we simply cannot be with, whether due to timing, circumstances, geography, or ...

While emotional validation is an essential ingredient of love, it’s not sufficient on its own. Being seen provides relief while being loved provides consistency, accountability and mutual investment.

The human heart craves authentic connection, yet many people find themselves trapped in relationships where they’re merely endured rather than genuinely cherished. Understanding the distinction ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Finding love can be challenging. The search sometimes leads people to love someone for their potential rather than the actual human being they are. They may attach themselves to an ideal image of a ...

While healthy relationships are generally characterized by trust, open communication, and affection on a high level, according to a Frontiers in Psychology study, not every healthy dynamic between ...

We tend to think of love as a spontaneous, random, and uncontrolled phenomenon. However, falling in love is neither spontaneous nor random, and it is very much under our control. We fall in love only ...

Feeling loved is about the way we’re treated by loved ones. Feeling lovable, i.e., worthy of love, comes from the ways we treat loved ones.

Lewis Capaldi has finally notched his first video in the YouTube billion-views club. The Scottish singer made it onto the 10-digit list this week when his 2019 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit became his ...

There’s a difference between someone loving you and someone simply benefitting from having you around. It can be confusing, especially when the line between care and convenience gets blurred. However, ...