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Galentine's Day: How to host a special dinner for your female friends

Galentine’s Day: Hosting A Special Dinner For Your Female Friends

BRAND Kate Cartwright, Brand Marketing Manager at Burleigh Pottery, explores the essence of hosting a Galentine’s Dinner, from décor and entertainment to understanding the enjoyment of female camaraderie. As Valentine’s Day approaches, there’s a growing buzz surrounding its more feminine counterpart: Galentine’s Day. Originating from the hit TV show “Parks […]

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Believing ‘You Complete Me’ Doesn’t Protect You From Emotional Loneliness

Bella explains that buying into the ‘you complete me’ mentality does not necessarily protect you from emotional loneliness, especially when you are married. The belief that a person is just not complete without a spouse got its most memorable expression in the movie Jerry Maguire when Jerry tells Dorothy, ‘You

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Singles, Stop Calling Yourself Selfish!

Bella explains why singles are not the selfish people you might think they are, and writes about why singles should stop describing themselves as selfish. Bella also suggests we might want to rethink what selfish means. It has always seemed important to me to challenge the demeaning stereotypes of single people,

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Many Adults Think They Might Never Have Children

The number of adults who do not have kids, and do not think they will ever have children, is growing. Why is this happening even when some of those people say they want kids? How do these adults feel about the prospect of never having children? Decades of survey data

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Why Singles Aren’t The Selfish People You Think They Are

I’m tired of single people getting labelled as selfish, and I’m even more exasperated when single people do that to themselves — or when they do it in a way that is meant to be derogatory. Single people are more generous with their time, money, and caring, but they shouldn’t

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The Underestimated Power Of Place In The Lives Of Singles

Do we underestimate the power of place as a source of psychological richness in our lives? Of the many possible sources of meaning and value in our lives, one of the most underappreciated may well be the power of place. Many different senses of place are important to me. One is a

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How To Deal With Loneliness After A Divorce

How To Deal With Loneliness And Resentment After Divorce

After a divorce, feelings of loneliness and resentment are usually especially aggravated. We get used to a particular person, lifestyle, habits, and shared rituals. When we break up with a partner, it’s time to rebuild our lives. So, how can we cope with living alone after divorce, and is it necessary to

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Do We Focus And Care Too Much About Romantic Love?

In the U.S. and many other places worldwide, people are in love with the idea of romantic love. They behave like they cannot get enough of the love stories that dominate movies, TV shows, novels, and songs. They seek romantic love in their own lives, sometimes desperately, as if finding it

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Psychological Richness Is A Kind of Wealth Contributing To a Truly Good Life

Psychological Richness: A Kind of Wealth Contributing To A Good Life

Psychological richness brings a kind of wealth that can contribute to living a truly good life. Here, Bella dePaulo explains psychological richness and how it can bring something different to our lives that goes beyond happiness. Do you think a good life is a happy life? A meaningful life? It

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People Don't Believe You Can Be Happy and Single

Bizarrely, People Don’t Believe You Can Be Single And Happy!

It feels outdated in this day and age but it appears people still don’t believe you can be happy living a single life. Bella DePaulo shares some interesting findings suggesting the idea that coupledom only brings happiness continues to persist. SOLO LIVING Bizarrely, People Don’t Believe You Can Be Single

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