No one had a perfect childhood or perfect parents. But some, unfortunately, grew up with a narcissistic parent—a person so focused on themselves that they warped their kids's whole identity and sense ...

We all have people with whom we struggle, problematic people who seem to drain us of our energies, rub us the wrong way, poke, provoke, frustrate or trigger us. What’s really happening when we find ...

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

When a conversation feels difficult, don’t start with emotion; start with observation. Borrow a trick from military ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. By Krish Chopra It was 11 p.m. on a Thursday when my phone rang—again. Another nurse practitioner student was overwhelmed and panicked ...

Memoirs, interviews and essays now widely celebrate “going no contact” with a parent. The New York Times published this, just a day ago: ”I Broke Up With My Abusive Mother. I Don't Regret That ...