Have you ever been with someone you couldn’t quite figure out? Maybe they correspond with you fluently via text but then seem stilted and make odd comments during conversation. Maybe they come across ...

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a 3-year-old ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...

Attachment styles and their roles in our relationships have become widely discussed in psychological research and personal growth journeys. This growing interest makes perfect sense: How we attach to ...

If you've heard about attachment styles before, you'll know they can be a big factor in relationships. Basically, your attachment style influences how you relate to your partner, which then affects ...

The emotional connection formed by nonverbal emotional communication between an infant and their parent or primary caregiver is known as the attachment bond. This bond is not based on love or the ...

The pregnant woman finds their ideas compelling, and so decides to embrace this style of “attachment parenting.” But nothing goes according to plan. She begins delivery at home with a midwife, but ...

Years ago, I sat down to dinner with a woman I liked very much. We had discovered an intense sexual connection and then tried to hang a relationship on it. But something was wrong in our romantic ...

Finding a person to live out your days with can be a beautiful thing. But as time goes on and we connect on a deeper level, our attachments can be toxic and dysfunctional or healthy and uplifting. So, ...