When I was pregnant, a childcare director recommended I take as much leave as possible. I had four months of paid leave and negotiated two more months of unpaid leave. My days…
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When I was 11, I made a friend who changed the trajectory of my life. She inspired me to go to college and try harder.
I was an average student without the ambition to go to college or pursue a high-flying career. But my friend Gerry knew exactly how much she wanted to succeed in life before…
I had no idea I was going through perimenopause at 39. It felt like a second puberty.
It wasn’t until I shared my symptoms and cravings with friends that I realized what was happening. I felt like no one was talking to me about what perimenopause symptoms were like….
From throwing insults to talking about a reunion, here’s everything One Direction members have said since their hiatus
One Direction shot to stardom in 2010 after competing on “The X Factor” and went on hiatus in 2015. Zayn Malik has said he made no friends while in One Direction and…
2 friends quit their healthcare jobs to run a dating-app startup together. Here’s how they scaled to 60,000 users.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julie Griggs and Danielle Dietzek, founders of the social dating app Fourplay. Griggs, a former physician assistant, and Dietzek, a former nurse, started…
I grew up in Barcelona and live in the US. I’d love to go home, but tourism is making life unbearable for locals.
There’s nothing like the shimmering Mediterranean Sea at the foot of the Collserola mountain range, its monuments celebrating Spanish and Catalan culture, the festivals steeped in centuries of tradition, and even its…
Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, dead at 56
Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, died “after two years of living with cancer,” Alphabet CEO Sunder Pichai wrote on X, adding that he was “unbelievably saddened by the loss.” She…
I moved from Connecticut to California. I loved it, but felt so relieved when I returned to New England years later.
In 2015, my boyfriend (now husband) was accepted to a graduate program in Southern California. With nothing tying me down to our home state of Connecticut, I moved across the country with…
I’m American and my husband is Spanish. We are raising our child with both cultures.
I’m American, and my husband is Spanish. We have a 4-year-old daughter and spend time in both countries, immersing ourselves in both cultures. My daughter is being raised as an American but…
They left NYC for Bali with their teenagers. 7 years later, their sons are fleeing the nest, and they’re selling the villa for $1.89 million.
Seven years ago, Gabi Bondor and Zoltan Kaman packed up their lives and moved from New York City to Bali with their two teenage sons in tow. It was an idea sparked…