A reader wonders whether it would unfairly burden a friend to share sobering health news with her and her alone.

When a friend is having a tough time, it can be hard to know the right thing to say. You want to be supportive without ...

“I only recently learned about your loss, and while I know this comes late, I wanted you to know I’m thinking of you. I ran ...

Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who feels bereft at not being able to attend her close friend's small funeral, and ...

Things in Nature Merely Grow” is about what Yiyun Li calls life inside an “abyss,” the abyss marked by the deaths of her ...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan is one of the most viscerally challenging novels ever written about war ...

Here are two life-changing questions to ask when your emotions flare: What is the thought prompting this feeling? Is this thought serving me? Say you are speaking at an event and lose your train of ...

DEAR ABBY: I know I’ll be chastised for having these thoughts, but I need advice. I thought I was supportive to my friend who lost her husband after a four-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Veronica Booth didn't want to end up as someone who never leaves their hometown. She moved halfway across the country, but now has second thoughts.

You've sent a text but haven't heard back. What might they be thinking? Why is it so hard to stop worrying? Here's how to understand and deal with those anxious times.

In today’s story, one man is upset because his girlfriend wasn’t invited to his friend’s birthday party. Now, he’s wondering if the best thing to do is skip the party.

DEAR ERIC: Can you offer any advice about a good friend who lets her dog jump in my pool? I have an in-ground vinyl liner ... She and her husband are those people who think their dog is the best thing ...