January 1992

  • There is growing concern with appearance, body shape, and weight, and it is a very costly pursuit. Still, it's possible to get out of the body trap.

  • Overcoming Evil: An interview with Abraham Maslow, founder of humanistic psychology.
  • An interview with psychiatrists Steven Wolin and Sybil Wolin on the belief that adults aren't prisoners of troubled childhoods.

  • Relationships follow a predictable path through time. Here's the research that can save your marriage—before it starts.

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Dread heads

Phantom families

Wounds That Never Heal

'Letting the air in.'

Going with the flow

Summer of our lives

Down With La Difference

Coping with job-related stress.

Wednesday's children

The dinosaur man

Models 'R' us

Dumb juries

Pretty faces

Beyond the limp penis

Big bad body shops

Reasoning with Kids

How to Stop Pining

Mending a broken heart over a lost love.

Phantom friends

The male/female thing

Father knows worst

A Special Kind of Help

Success in the land of the less

How loud were we?

The iceman brawleth

The Reinvention of Marriage

A blueprint for a successful marriage.

A certain smile

A Blast from the Past

Abraham Maslow

Body Mania

How women struggle to match the current template of beauty.

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