Popular advice claims you must love yourself before loving someone else. New research reveals that specific habits of self-care actually do foster better intimacy and commitment in romantic ...

From embracing an “Are you dead yet?” app to rewriting Lunar New Year customs, here’s how a rising generation of young adults in China is coping with social isolation and economic hardship.

It’s hard to avoid mentions of self-love these days. Social media inundates us with jargon about achieving self-love by knowing our attachment styles and “re-parenting ourselves,” while assessing ...

Self-love is no longer fodder for Saturday Night Live jokes now that scientists have discovered it pays off in spades with career success. February is known as the month of love and “Heart Month.” ...

Scientists have a problem studying self-love. Research abounds on self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, and even unconditional positive self-regard. Scholars have published definitions of these ...

In a world that constantly pushes us to seek love, validation, and worth from external sources, choosing to love yourself is an act of defiance. It is a practice of deep acceptance, allowing you to ...

A previous post, Toddlers in Love, pointed out that many people in committed relationships go through a period of high emotional reactivity, which makes them feel like they can't be themselves around ...

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PhD Candidate (Teaching roles at Macquarie & Wollongong), University of Wollongong “To love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing red-hot iron” said ...