Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning the intricacies of human relationships often involves more than just an exchange of love and affection. Sometimes, the ...

Self-Affection's Greatest Testing Ground I'm convinced that the nuts and bolts of self-love have their greatest usefulness but also their most difficult application on the uneven, emotionally charged, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. A “hot-and-cold” relationship refers to a dynamic where one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Affection is often the first thing to go when something feels off in a marriage. But it’s rarely about just being “too busy” or ...

Affection is an essential component in raising children, providing the foundation upon which their self-esteem and security are built. During the first year of life, children are completely dependent ...

Loving myself requires that, at least most of the time, I have some concept of who I am—or else, who am I trying to love? Yet there are times when knowing who I am can be like solving a Rubik's cube ...