Crafting Healthy Friendships at Every Stage in Life with Expert Jessica Speer

IAOL 21 | Healthy Friendships

  Healthy friendships are food for the soul. Indeed, the best relationships are rooted in mutual kindness, honesty, and respect. With loneliness at epidemic levels, it’s all the more important for us to know how to cultivate loving, healthy friendships. We often think that great friendships “just happen,” but, like every truly wonderful relationship, solid […]

Fostering Healthy Boundaries and Empowerment with Expert June Smalls

IAOL 17 | Healthy Boundaries

  From the norms that push people-pleasing behaviors to the influences of patriarchal households, it’s easy to end up feeling small and boundaryless. In our natural quest to feel loved, accepted, and safe, we often never discover how to create and use healthy boundaries. The resulting lack of empowerment can prevent us from knowing and […]

An Inside Look at the Highs and Lows of Chronic Depression with Expert Owen Dara

IAOL 12 | Chronic Depression

  Love. Music. Passion. Creative Genius. Chronic Depression. Success. Those who live with chronic depression are often deeply misunderstood. Recent research shows that nearly 1 in 5 of those 18 and older in the U.S. have reported suffering from depression. Although we’re making strides in the destigmatization of mental health issues, silent struggles continue behind […]

The Huge Upsides of Domestically Committed Fatherhood with Expert Tim J. Myers

IAOL 13 | Fatherhood

  Looking for ways to create equality and balance at home? It’s exhausting when household responsibilities aren’t divvied up fairly. Even in today’s world, women often handle more household and childrearing duties than their partners—even when they’re also working full time. Research consistently shows that a balance in family duties—and in a relationship as a […]