The people who love me tell me to be kinder to myself, but they do not understand how relentless that inner voice can be.

Dear Stressed Out: Fourteen years of no contact is a boundary — and you’re entitled to keep it. There’s no need to rehash old ...

From the outside, my life looks steady and full. I have a thoughtful husband, grown children who stay in close touch, dear ...

Dear Annie: I used to think I had decent self-control. Now I’m not so sure.

DEAR ANNIE: Every December, my life starts to feel like one of those “year in review” videos — only mine looks more like the blooper reel. Back in January, I sat at my kitchen table with a brand-new ...

My brother-in-law is constantly making offensive and over-the-top jokes. Whenever I call him out, he tells me I’m “too ...

Dear Annie: From the outside, my life looks steady and full. I have a thoughtful husband, grown children who stay in close ...