Lifetime Connections

Exploring women's relationships in families and friendscapes

Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D.

Eat, Drink, and Get Active to Combat the Winter Blues

Feeling hopeful about the future is key to feeling better about the now.

How to Cope When Your Parents and Partner Don't Get Along

If your parents and partner just can't get along, these coping strategies may help you get through events unscathed.

Giving or Gifting: How Do You Show You Care?

If you let yourself forget that "it’s the thought that counts," you can be swindled into spending a lot more than you can afford.

Suicide Risk and the "False Promises" of Holiday Cheer

It's not the holidays that increase the suicide rate; it's the post-holiday let-down and loss of connection that can lead to increased risk.

Narcissists Promise You Everything, but Fail to Deliver

Narcissists who are especially effective at winning the affection and praise of others may also leave a trail of broken relationships.

5 Ways to Cope with Unrequited Love

It’s an interesting phenomenon that people often desire what is forbidden. Wanting what you can’t have can be seductive.

Make Thanksgiving a Lifestyle, Not a One Day Celebration

The harder you look for what’s gone wrong in your life, the easier that target will be to hit.

A Narcissist’s Secret Fears

Narcissists don't maintain normal relationships; they use people to meet their own needs.

4 Signs You’re Dating a Narcissist

When a romantic partner makes you feel like an accessory rather than an equal partner, something is amiss.

Back to Human: A Book Review

Getting “Back to Human” is an important goal and the book provides a blueprint for understanding ways that you can do just that.

Are Parents to Blame for #GenerationLonely?

The irony of social media is that it makes our virtual selves available 24/7—but our devotion to the medium can leave some people in real life isolation.

Polarizing Topics: 13 Tips for Difficult Discussions

The polarizing issues in the world today require a new perspective. Each side must acknowledge that "we both may be right in some ways, and wrong in some others."

Relapse Triggers: What You Need to Avoid

Men are more likely to relapse from recovery when they're at the top of their game. Women tend to relapse when they feel bad.

Do Horoscopes Help Relieve Stress or Lower Anxiety?

If we can find true north by looking at the stars, who's to say that we won't find our true path by how the planets are aligned?

Aging Well in America Has Gotten Harder

Keeping older adults alive longer may not be as important as helping young and midlife adults actually live to see older adulthood.

Seven Tried & True Suggestions for Success in the Workplace

Men named John, James, Michael, David, Robert, and Daniel are more likely to be found in the C-Suites than any females in many professional fields.

Online Friends Can Be Better than No Friends at All

Shared activities and life events connect us with potential virtual friends, and their proximity seals the deal—allowing us to carry our support group in our pockets.

Tips for Parents of Addicted Adult Children

The strength of the hold of an addiction on your child is a predictor of the magnitude of the fight you will face.

Flirt Successfully by showing a Creative Way with Words

If you're going to "talk dirty" to someone, you're more likely to win their heart if you do it in a way that showcases your intelligence and creativity.

6 Rules for Healthy Friendships

The shape of communication and connection may shift with technology, but the shape and substance of healthy friendships reflects a half dozen key rules.

Satisfying Sexual Intimacy: You Cannot Just "Phone it In"

No matter how far technology takes us, there is still no way to escape the need to avoid isolation and to connect with others.

Parenting an Adult Addict Is Seldom Easy

The addiction epidemic affects not only the individuals caught in the web of addiction, but also their parents, who may be overwhelmed by a flood of conflicting emotions.

Don’t Become a Casualty of #GenerationLonely

Technology is, ironically, an isolating method of staying connected to others. Kids need new rules to get them back into a community.

Parental Shame & the Addicted Child

Parents learn that they cannot protect their children from the world, but the sadder fact is that they cannot protect a child from him or herself.

Optimists need to be Realistic to avoid Disappointment

Optimists have positive expectations, but life doesn’t always deliver what is expected.

4 Signs You’re Dating a Sexual Narcissist

Low self-esteem can keep a person in a relationship with a narcissist a lot longer than they should stay. Know when you're worth more than what a sexual narcissist offers.

Empty Nest Season Has Arrived

When the last child leaves home, there's often a strange mash-up of grief and relief all rolled into one!

Not Everyone Wants a Hug

What are some of the reasons that people shy away from physical touch? What are the benefits of learning to enjoy a warm embrace with someone you care for?

Narcissism as Defined by the Experts

Narcissists can be engaging and entertaining, but when the shine wears off and you're feeling used, it may be time to exit gracefully.

"I Hate You!" Saying these Words can Make You Sick!

If you and your partner are more likely to "fight it out" than "hug it out," you are putting your health at risk.

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