“Nearly 70 percent of all divorces are initiated by women,” proclaims the main article a fact that is shocking, yet also suggests something more profound: for many women, partnership is not the land ...

Part 3 of TED Radio Hour episode Who counts as a significant other? Bella DePaulo has been single her whole adult life––by choice. She's found many more people like her, who love the freedom and ...

What’s so great about being single? Lots of things. People like me are single at heart: We live our best, most authentic, most meaningful, and fulfilling life by being single. At the top of many ...

For her article published in 2024 in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, sociologist Kimberly Martinez Phillips conducted in-depth interviews with 40 people who, in our stereotype-addled ...

I had it all mapped out. Fresh out of the University of Colorado at Boulder with a finance degree at 21, I moved to Los Angeles—the opportunity capital of the world, or so I believed. At 22, I landed ...

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At 46, Tia Mowry is crafting a new narrative about life after divorce that resonates with women navigating similar transitions. Following the end of her 15-year marriage to Cory Hardrict in 2023, the ...

If you are Catholic, one might recognize that the three Church-designated vocation callings are — religious life, marriage, and being single. However, within the Catholic community discourse, one ...

Bella DePaulo has been single her whole adult life––by choice. She's found many more people like her, who love the freedom and autonomy. And... Are you most suited to the single life? Here's how to ...