All right, Sis. Let’s talk about that infamous one-letter text, “K.”, especially from a partner. If, more often than not, this reply makes your chest tighten or your stomach drop, this letter is for you, Sis. Shout out to my anxiously attached girlies. Anxious attachment is when closeness feels really imperative and disconnection feels threatening. So a one-letter text doesn't stay one letter. Your body can code it as distance, and your mind fills in the rest. “They're mad at me.” Or maybe...

Everybody's talking about attachment styles these days. It's all over social media, and word on the street is that some people are even mentioning attachment styles on the dating apps now. I love that people are curious and eager for psychological concepts. I also know labels can get thrown around a lot without people fully understanding what they actually mean. So let's break it down, Sis. Your attachment style is the way you've learned to seek closeness in relationships, and how you handle...

My birthday fell a couple of months into meeting my husband. I told him I was getting my friends together for drinks and music at a popular spot in Boston and extended the invite for him to attend. He said he would try to make it. When the Friday shindig rolled around, crickets. I don’t remember if we spoke earlier that day, my memory escapes me after 15 years. But I absolutely remember the swan song to our courtship playing in my head that night. If he didn’t show up for my birthday,...