I’ve been watching conversations about being alone unfold lately, especially with the holidays just behind us. I experienced an episode myself this past New Year’s

In 1969, Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the five stages of grief (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance) in her book On Death and Dying. Her work

There’s something about January 1 that carries an outsized amount of power. We treat it like a starting gun. A line in the sand. A

There’s something about the holidays that makes us believe traditions are supposed to stay the same forever. Same rituals. Same routines. Same decorations in the

Every December, like clockwork, something subtle (and not so subtle) starts to happen. Invitations roll in. Expectations pile up. Traditions resurface. And without even thinking

I came across a quote I’d seen several years ago that made me stop and think: “One day, you are going to hug your last