Really, behind every cliche question is a subtle but effective intention to connect with each other.

She will never actually say these things, but she constantly daydreams about what would happen if she did.

Extensions don’t mean that I don’t love my natural hair or myself.

One thing that can create major problems in a relationship is a meta-emotion mismatch between partners. Meta-emotions are how you feel about your feelings.

Wondering whether that other person wants to talk? Try and make eye contact with them. If they hold eye contact with you, this is usually a good sign that they are happy to make some kind of connection.

ISFPs and INFPs: Discuss passions and dreams (yours or theirs).

As soon as someone wants something from him, his terror of losing himself is activated and he automatically resists.

The sign of a good date conversation is not how you feel at the end, but how you made your partner feel.

I joined the Marine Corps less than six months after I turned eighteen, so adulthood remained a mythical land – full of freedom and good fortune.

“Growing up Muslim clearly has not been a really ‘safe and easy’ ride.”