We hear about relationships torn apart by internet porn addiction, but where are the support groups for smut-loving women like me, who suddenly and inexplicably get turned off by porn when they fall in love?  Before I met my boyfriend, I was visiting youporn.com about a half an hour a day, hunting through dozens of clips to find the one most perfectly calibrated to turn me on. 

After I met my boyfriend, my visits to the site dropped off in equal proportion to how much I was getting off with a flesh-and-blood human being.

But my loss of appetite for porn … Read More

Lauri Ticas, 37, had been married only a year when the depression that had plagued her on and off most of her life returned. Her doctor put her back on antidepressants, Zoloft this time, and her once passionate relationship with her new husband, Julio, went cold. And not just the sex—when she did orgasm, the so-so sensation was hardly worth the effort—the bond they shared changed, too. It felt, she says, as if a wall had been erected between them. Even during her favorite time together—holding each other and talking for a few minutes in bed each night before … Read More

Office romance is on the rise—today, 47 percent of American professionals say they've dated within the workplace—and, say experts, it's also the latest, greatest place to meet a mate. But the changing landscape brings both increased perks and perils. While some companies see it as a way to positively affect work-life balance others are leery. There are a few things to know about before turning a work spouse into a real spouse—or at least romantic partner. Office Dating Rules You May Not Know

Why Work? Why Now?
We're working more hours than ever before, according to the Center for WorkLife … Read More

Being in love is best described as “a goal-oriented state of mind.” Physiological evidence confirms a correlation between motivation networks in the brain and romantic love. Anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher, research professor at Rutgers University and author of love-science bible Why We Love, and her research team (Arthur Aron of SUNY-StonyBrook, and Lucy Brown of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine) also found that sex and romantic love activate different systems in the brain. Their study scanned the brains of 10 women and seven men who had been intensely "in love" for one to 17 months. Their findings were … Read More