The Personality Trait ‘Intolerance of Uncertainty’ Causes Anguish during COVID | High levels of it have put people at risk of emotional problems.

Loneliness Can Be Toxic | Isolation from others can lead to a range of illnesses and even premature death. New science is probing causes and solutions to the problem of social disconnection.

Why We Become So Attached to Our Belongings | Low emotional security can intensify our relationships to our belongings.

How to Get Your Spouse to Eat, Exercise and Live More Healthfully  | Not surprisingly, nagging rarely works. Butthere are alternatives that are more likely to have success.

How to Deal With Your Adult Children Who Resent Your New Romantic Relationship | Friction between adult children and a new partner can do a lot of damage. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t.

Why Older Couples Don’t Need Marriage to Have Great Relationships | Whether they find each other online, at the gym or at church, they are pairing up in unprecedented numbers and in untraditional ways.

A Better House Blend | When the kids are yours, mine and ours, it takes wisdom and work to treat everyone fairly.

Couples, Coping | Dealing with sick or aging parents can strain any marriage. It’s important to take care as you give it.

Who Takes Care of Mom? | When my mother’s health was failing, I was the “bad” sister who lived far away and wasn’t involved. My sister helped my parents. She never asked me to do anything, and I didn’t volunteer.

Pet Peeves | What happens when the kids are grown and gone but the pets live on?

Older Singles Have Found a New Way to Partner Up: Living Apart | Fearing that a romantic attachment in later life will lead to full-time caregiving, many couples are choosing commitment without sharing a home.

New York Times Magazine: The Faces of Hedda Nussbaum | When I first met Hedda Nussbaum in the summer of 1995, she was driving a teal-green Geo — her first decent car after two lemons.