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Hara Estroff Marano

Second-Class Love
Hara Estroff Marano gives advice on second-class love and the foundation of trust.
The Reinvention of Marriage
Relationships follow a predictable path through time. Here's the research that can save your marriage—before it starts.
Inside the Heart of Marital Violence
Abuse is not about lack of love but about feeling powerless.
Advice: What If My Fiance Is Gay?
It's hard to ignore one's true sexual orientation.
Keen Cuisine: How to Survive A Snack Attack
We now expect our snacks to protect us against our own foibles, and some snacks are able to oblige us.
Body of Evidence: Holding Patterns
Maternal attachment arms babies for all kinds of growth.
Advice: What If My Parents Separate?
Hara Estroff Marano gives advice on how to prepare for your parents' divorce.
Advice: Mending Ties With Mom
Healing the past with mother and paving the future with daughter.
Advice: Life Beyond High School
When your high school senior suffers from senioritis.
Always Brokenhearted
When you would rather be with someone—anyone—than with yourself.
Body of Evidence: Sleeping Beauty
Taking back the night—regular midday napping reduces long term health risks.
Nature's Bounty: Vanity Fare
For some chefs, the look and taste of food are not enough; how it supports health also matters. Thankfully, there's a school that caters to them.
Unconventional Wisdom: Getting Virginity Out of the Way
Hara Estroff Marano gives advice on decision-making in a marriage and how virginity can't impede relationships.
Remote Control
In adult relationships, decisions must be made by discussion and negotiation—and compromise.
Unconventional Wisdom: A Promise of Babies
Hara Estroff Marano offers advice on broken promises, May-December love, stepfamilies, and emotional affairs.
Advice: Friends to Lovers
Hara Estroff Marano gives advice on how to communicate interest.
Pitfalls of Perfectionism
Perfectionism may be the ultimate self-defeating behavior. It turns people into slaves of success—but keeps them focused on failure, dooming them to a lifetime of doubt and depression. It also winds up undermining achievement in the modern world.
What If My Fiancé Is Gay?
Hara Estroff Marano gives advice on communication, perfectionism, the job market, and the in-laws.
Body of Evidence: Play Mates
Being best buddies with your spouse can mean a happy marriage.
Unconventional Wisdom: He Gives Me No Affection
Hara Estroff Marano offers advice on tangles with step-moms, serial cheaters, warring parents, and more.

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