Harvard psychologist: If you say 'yes' to any of these 9 questions, you're 'more emotionally secure than most'

Emotionally secure people feel empowered, confident and safe. They live authentically and stick to their own values and beliefs, even when doing so may rub others the wrong way.

As a Harvard-trained psychologist, I've seen how emotional ( Read more... )

Texas attorney general says he will sue doctor who gives abortion to Kate Cox

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has threatened to prosecute any doctor who provides an abortion to Kate Cox, a woman with a non-viable pregnancy, advising hospitals to ignore a court order issued on Thursday allowing her to get the procedure.

The rightwing Paxton ( Read more... )

For the past two or three years, many of my friends, women mostly in their early 50s, have found themselves in an unexpected state of suffering. The cause of their suffering was something they had in common, but that did not make it easier for them to figure out what to do about it, even though they knew it was coming: It was menopause.

The ( Read more... )

I don’t often write about Oklahoma.

I generally figure we’ve got enough problems of our own without worrying about what’s going on south of our state’s border. But the epic disaster that’s befallen their school system as its leader battles a “woke mob” - created entirely from political opportunism and his own fevered imagination - offers a perfect ( Read more... )

Before February, Jaci Statton wasn't particularly focused on Oklahoma's abortion bans. "I was like, 'Well, that's not going to affect me. I won't ever need one,' " she says.

She's 25 and lives in central Oklahoma with her husband, Dustin, and their three kids - two 7-year-olds and an 8-year-old. They are a blended family with two kids from Jaci's ( Read more... )

Tulsa’s homeless population grew 6.6% last year to reach the highest numbers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Wednesday morning.

Local officials found 1,133 homeless individuals during the city’s annual “point in time” count earlier this year, according to Housing Solutions, the organization that oversees ( Read more... )

Deborah Dorbert was excited to be a mom again.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and Florida banned abortions after 15 weeks, she did not think it would affect her.

“Never thought I would be stuck right in the middle of it…” she said.

At her 23-week appointment, she said her obstetrician noticed an abnormality. It was ( Read more... )

Subject: Legal studies.

First lecture.

The professor enters the lecture hall.

He looks around.

"You there in the 8th row. Can you tell me your name?"  he asks a student.

"My name is Sandra" says a voice.

The professor asks her, "Please leave my lecture hall. I don't want to see you in my lecture."

Everyone is quiet.  The student is irritated, ( Read more... )

“This language was supposed to be about trust, honesty, communication, and commitment- defining commitment in a different kind of way.” Across a staticky Zoom call, Emily Witt and I are comparing notes on non-monogamy. “It was supposed to prevent lying and concealment,” continues the journalist and author of the seminal 2017 book Future Sex: A New ( Read more... )

Because here’s the thing that’s wrong with all of the “How to Be Happy” sh*t that’s been shared eight million times on Facebook in the past few years - here’s what nobody realizes about all of this crap:

The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is ( Read more... )