If you’ve been married for any length of time, you’ve experienced this moment: One spouse reaches over to initiate sex. The other sort of shifts away a little and responds, “I’m so sorry. I’m just exhausted tonight.” Five words can start a thousand thoughts, can’t they? The spouse who initiated (and contrary to what you…
We all have superpowers in marriage. Yours might be to whip up your spouse’s favorite double-decker chocolate cake on their birthday. Others might binge-watch every movie in the MCU in order with their Marvel-junkie spouse (wait, that’s actually me) even though they’d rather have their nose in a book or under the hood of a…
I’m a self-professed data junkie. But I also understand that the most impressive statistics fall flat without the power of story around them. This is why I’m excited to share what my former senior editor Katie Kenny Phillips has been working on! Katie has poured her heart and soul into working as a writer and…
There’s something special about the start of a new school year. New backpacks. Fresh notebooks. First-day outfits laid out the night before. Whether your child is starting kindergarten or heading into high school, back-to-school season brings a mix of excitement and anticipation. But underneath all that excitement, many kids are carrying questions they never say…
Today is Shaunti’s birthday (cue the Rachel and Phoebe jumping-up-and-down gif from Friends)! So, we, some of her long-running staff, have taken over her blog to have some fun, give Shaunti a week off, and celebrate the incredible woman that she is. Below are thoughts from Eileen (staff and operations director), Amy (events and operations…
For years, we’ve heard conversations about the challenges facing boys and men. The word “masculine”—once a positive—is often brandished as an insult. If Reddit and social media comment threads were the authority (thank goodness they’re not) we’d be left thinking that women would be happier without men in their lives at all. This is such…