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Life on the Run
We're running the gauntlet every day in our relationships with our significant others--and their families. And we tend to forget that it's not how fast we make the decisions, but how deeply we reflect on them, that matters. Go >
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Making Love Connections
Everyone wants a lasting love, but how do we get it? That can be the tough part. Lois says: commit to yourself and then to others. Go >
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Open Exchange
Let's face its -- there's a dark side to the world in which we live. How can we navigate through this blacker side of life? Lois says: reach out. Go >
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There's Fantasy, and Then There's Cheating
The readers have spoken, and Lois stands corrected. One husband's secret erotic adventures online moved beyond fantasy, and got him into trouble. Go >
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Banish Fear: Live and Love!
Let's face it--life is messy. In a world with no guarantees, many of us fear taking a chance on love. But if you don't take that love gamble, if you don't make a bid for happiness, will you ever truly be satisfied? Lois says: Go for it! Go >
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Marital Mayhem Management
No marriage is without its problems, and in the age of computers and jets, privilege and power, these problems take a variety of shapes. Go >
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Can Love Conquer All?
There's a new movie that's so old I loved it. And what makes it so old is its classic plot--the tried-and-true love conquers all story. Go >
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Married to an Animal?
If you're one of those people who looks around and thinks it's a jungle out there, you just may be right. And marriage is no exception. Go >
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Sex: Always Changing, Always the Same
Thirty years after the publication of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, we're still working on understanding sexuality. Go >
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Should We Stay when Spouses Stray?
Are marriage vows elastic? And is perfection too much to expect from imperfect humans in an imperfect world? Go >
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Is There a Recipe for Joy?
There are marriages--and then there are marriages. And sure, they all have their problems. But when I recently witnessed how different two seemingly similar couples were, I realized that not all problems have solutions. Go >
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Good Old Sex, Money, and Politics
Sex and money, the two most private areas of marriage, are now political grist. Take the Clintons and the Doles, for example. Go >
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Truth Be Told, We Don't Tell the Truth
The president of the United States has done it. So have college kids, wives, mothers, ordinary guys, corporate executives--and you probably have, too. What is it? Lying to another person. Go >
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Risking Everything for Love or Money
In relationships, we're taught "If it feels right, it must be right." On the stock market, we're encouraged to go with gut reactions. The problem here is that we tend to confuse intuition with prophetic ability. Go >
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Life Gets in the Way...
It shouldn't take a tragedy to make us realize how important we are to each other. Go >
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Men and Women: Emotional Equality?
Times have changed. Every day, women come closer to equal status in the workplace. Have men gained where they were lacking--on the emotional playing field? Go >
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Marital Satisfaction: Where Does Sex Fit In?
Just because a woman wears a wedding ring, gets dinner on the table on time every night, and has raised the kids without raising the roof--you think she's happy? Go >
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10 Secrets to Happiness on Mother's Day
Will Mother's Day bring out the best in your grown-up children? It's up to you. Lois Wyse offers ten tips to help you treat your babies like fellow adults. Go >
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What Do We Owe to Our Marriages?
In marriage, we vow to support each other through good times and bad. But what does our commitment mean when a spouse has an affair? Or when we grow apart? Go >
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Ambiguous Loss, Unresolved Grief
Grief and loss are inevitable elements in all of our lives. But what happens when we're frozen in our tracks by an ambiguous loss, one that seems to have no resolution? Go >
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The Rules of Online Romance
Guys who used to frequent bars and watch the traffic are now looking at another kind of traffic. Instead of carousing clubs, they're browsing the Net. Go >
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Hope for the Best--You May Get It!
Every day there is something to remind us that we can keep reinventing ourselves so long as we try. Go >
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No Rug, No Dirt!
In the current Monica Era, we're so accustomed to looking for dirt under the rug that we look even when there are no rugs. Go >
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Divorce Down, Sex Up?
Our nation's divorce rate is going down. Is that because of the good economy or good sex? Go >
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Gifts Matter: Always Have, Always Will
Did someone who loves you remember you on Valentine's Day or your birthday? Or were you left alone feeling unloved and unworthy? Go >
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Leave a Legacy of Life Lived Well
There's no better biography than a summary of life so well-lived that it merits immediate headlines. Here's one for inspiration. Go >
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The Greatest Generation Speaks
The results are in! Read ThirdAgers' WWII memories collected by Lois Wyse. Go >
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Trickle Up: An Example to Thrive By
Who ever said that getting older was a reason to stop working? Here's inspiration for finding the career of your lifetime. Go >
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The Marriage Chronicles, Continued
Remember when it was unusual to know an unmarried female over the age of 22? Lois Wyse presents another reminder that times have changed. Go >
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Recognizing a Parent's Strength
As our parents age, we sometimes feel encumbered by them, as if we suddenly have two more children. Perhaps instead we should focus on the strengths they've shown in their lives, as inspiration for our own. Go >
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Petty Politics
The media is asking why we're not glued to our TV sets during the President's impeachment trial. Where is the public's emotional involvement? Go >
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Memories of the Greatest Generation
Lois Wyse shares memories of the greatest generation and the event that defined their youth--World War II. Go >
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Gender Divide
Do men and women understand each other? Lois Wyse reports on new research findings. Go >
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Start Out the Year Right
Lois Wyse starts out 1999 on a positive note. Go >
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Sowing the Seeds of Peace
This is the time of year when we long to find stories to reaffirm our faith, tales that will cause us to consider and reconsider our lives and what they truly mean. Go >
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Over Forty and Not Married?
Just because you're over 40 and not married, why does the world look at you as if you'd just lost the lottery? Go >
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Create Your Own Holiday Happiness
The '90s are nearly over and even our holidays have a new rhythm. We no longer have the luxury of sweet, quiet periods between celebrations. Go >
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Caregiving and Family Stress
Age is a reward, but there are days when it is also a punishment. Go >
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Find Holiday Happiness
The festive season, instead of lessening family tensions, seems only to exacerbate them. Lois Wyse offers advice for staying cool. Go >
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The Marrying Kind
Finding love at any age is not a simple matter, but as the years go by the supply of available partners diminishes along with our hopes of finding the right someone. Go >
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True Gifts
It's started already. The mailbox is stuffed each day with seductively illustrated catalogs that promise everything from fresh turkeys to expensive jewelry. Go >
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Love, Loss, Learning
This week, Lois discusses life after divorce, raising responsible children, and surrogate grandparents. Go >
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Family Problems at Any Age
We all feel like no one else's family has problems like ours. In reality, family disagreements are universal--and there are people out there to help. Go >
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Sexual Longevity
Insider Lois Wyse considers pleasure and longevity. Go >
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Making Manners Matter--Again
Have manners skipped a generation? Insider Lois Wyse has suggestions for teaching grandkids their Ps&Qs. Go >
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Grandparents Raising Grandkids
More and more grandparents in America raise their grandkids. Find out how to help or get help, from Lois Wyse. Go >
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Mourning For a Lost Spouse
When a spouse dies, the survivor must go on alone. How? Lois Wyse offers sage advice. Go >
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Office Affairs: Everyone Suffers
Who gets hurt? Insider Lois Wyse on office affairs. Go >
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Nature v. Nurture
Does peer pressure let parents off the hook? Insider Lois Wyse contemplates the latest kid-raising theory. Go >
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The Golden Years
You've got many years ahead of you yet--have you planned well for your future? Strategize your life plan with help from Insider Lois Wyse! Go >
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Head Over Heels Hobbies
Does your spouse's favorite hobby leave you feeling left behind? Insider Lois Wyse helps you share in your loved one's pursuits. Go >
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Family Feuds
Is it possible to love your in-laws? Get a new perspective on this age-old conflict from Insider Lois Wyse. Go >
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Family Fairy Tales Come True
Every family has its problems, but adoption need not be one of them. Insider Lois Wyse shares three touching tales from readers-- all with happy endings! Go >
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Caregiving for Spouses: The Ultimate Test
Caregiving for a spouse can help you reach new and complete closeness at the end of your love story. But you may need help, too. Lois Wyse offers advice and resources for long-term care at home. Go >
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Wife or Mother or Pushover?
When you're trying to take care of your family in one place and your parents in another, the first thing you discover is that you can't always do it all. Insider Lois Wyse finds a way through this emotional mine field that should please everybody. Go >
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There Is No Greater Love than Parent and Child
There's nothing more poignant or more revealing than the feelings of mothers and children and the adoptions that brought that brought them together. Lois Wyse on the bonds that go beyond blood. Go >
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An Age Old Anxiety
Today with Viagra and other "miracle drugs" flooding the market, we no longer seem to take comfort in aging well. Our thoughts seem to center around not aging at all. Go >
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Raising Your Child's Child
One out of six persons in the United States is a grandparent, and never have grandparents been more necessary to the family structure. In addition to the traditional roles--senior advisor to the family, helper with parental duties--grandparents today are asked, on occasion, to take over the parent's role. Go >
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Getting Through to Angry Children
Is violence among children escalating or are we reporting it faster and louder? Whose fault is it anyway? Is it parents who don't give a damn, children who won't listen, media that won't quit, too much money and too little supervision--or is it something born in a child, something so dark and evil we dare not speak its name? Go >
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Becoming Our Parent's Parents
Your spouse may be imperfect, your children a problem, but chances are that the family crisis that takes most of your time has nothing to do with love or kids. Instead boomers find that many family crises deal with elder care, better known as supervision of our parents. Go >
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Love in the Workplace
There's no place like the office for meeting someone you may someday learn to love. But like anything else, there conditions. In the Sunday, May 3, New York Times magazine section, Philip Weiss wrote about sexual harassment: "Labor lawyers, human resource managers and consultants...agree: sex and romance between co-workers may be OK, but almost never between people of unequal power." Go >
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Mothers and Daughters and Tears and Fears
Friction between daughters and mothers--about values, lifestyle, and responsibility--is normal. But Family Insider Lois Wyse meets readers' questions with a special perception of what the real issues are. Go >
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The Trouble with Mothers
At various times we are in awe, angered, amazed, disappointed, delighted and disgusted by that roller-coaster relationship between mother and daughter. And while we may have great understanding and sympathy for other mothers and daughters, most of us are baffled by our own relationship with mom. Go >
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