Consequences of Grey Divorce

The divorce rate in the United States among people 50 or older has doubled since 1990, according to a study by the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. And as the American population steadily ages, grey divorces will keep rising. By 2030 it is estimated that 800,000 […]

Women and HIV

According to a new Health Department study, women who had unprotected sex with bisexual men accounted for most of the new female HIV cases in New York last year. Of the 647 women diagnosed with HIV in 2012, 480 had sex with infected men. During the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, many women contracted […]

Cheaters and Infidelity

Do men really cheat on their spouses more than women do—or do they just get caught more often?  Men have always been the ones who are tagged as the “cheaters”—but today the genders are almost equally unfaithful—23% for men and 19% for women according to a professor of family relations at a University in Ontario. The […]

Be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.     —Oprah Winfrey

Things You Shouldn’t Give A Shit About!

Don’t get caught up worrying about things that don’t really matter. Life can be too short. If you’re happy in your job, but think you should have a job that gives you more income, you have to realize that money is not the most important thing in life. Waking up every day and looking forward […]

The Effects of Rape

We’ve all read about the young woman who was gang-raped in India (not the first), who ultimately died—or the case against a man inside the Orthodox Jewish community who raped young women from the age of 14 to 21.  Unfortunately, rape happens everywhere, all the time. Women are raped every day and not just by […]

Prenuptial Agreement

No one should get married without having a Prenuptial Agreement in place. A Prenup is an agreement between two people that deals with the financial consequences if their marriage should end. It is used to protect your assets going into the marriage as well as future assets. It also protects you against premarital debts your future spouse may have.  Even if you have very […]

A Heartache

Breakups can be brutal—especially if it is a divorce. Some people are able to bounce back right away and others sometimes can take years to heal and move on. New research reveals that it’s not optimism that pulls us through—it’s self-compassion.  Divorcees recover more quickly when they avoid being self-critical and recognize that they are not […]