Olivia Charlet

When was the last time you asked someone out on a date? Opportunities come up, but we’re not always bold enough to make that move that will guarantee seeing that person again. There are many reasons why we don’t ask […]

Who was the last person you dated? Ok, now that you have them in your mind, can you remember how similar they were to you? If you’re currently dating someone, ask yourself the same question. There are opposing views in […]

You’re in a committed and loving relationship. Out of the blue, you start feeling those nerves. Those butterflies. But for someone else! Someone at work. Or maybe it’s someone you see often at your local coffee shop. Is this wrong? […]

I always wondered what it must have been like for my mom as an expatriate spouse. When my parents met, my dad worked for a multi-national French company. They lived together in Paris and a couple of years later, the company […]

Have you heard of the cheerleader effect? You may remember the term from watching one of the episodes of How I Met Your Mother. Barney, one of the characters of the American TV Series, confidently states that a woman always […]

In a recent study, researchers explored how new communication tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, make it easier for individuals to keep ‘backburners’. What is a backburner, you ask? A backburner is someone who you are not involved with at […]

The following finding on a new relationship study didn’t surprise me, but it was hard to hear. The study found that if your romantic partner is a large part of your self-concept and a part of your future projects, you […]

There were several observations that John Bowlby, a British psychologist famous for his work in child development, made on attachment theory. One of these was the following scenario consisting of three stages: A primary caregiver leaves his or her infant […]