For years, I prioritized my job above everything else ― above love, above peace, above my wellness. I was built to work. I ...

Karp is a freelance writer with a background in speech-language pathology. Her work has been published in The Cut, Salon, Newsweek, Insider, and other outlets. It was raining the night we made our ...

When my best friend of over a decade ended our friendship, she wouldn't tell me why. I was devastated, and it shook my confidence when it came to friendship. I sought professional help to recover from ...

My best friend is my 11-year-old German shepherd, Fito. He is quirky, fun and occasionally grumpy. What he is most, however, is therapeutic. Fito and I worked as a combat tracking team in the Marine ...

Tiff Bakker: ‘We were like branches on an old tree that had grown in and around each other.’Photograph: Evelyn Freja/The Guardian I don’t remember a time in my life when Chrissy wasn’t in it. We were ...

My best friend is the mother of two impeccably behaved daughters—at least according to my friend. The girls (ages 7 and 4) generally play quietly together. My son (also 4) is, in contrast, a tornado.

My friend, Toni, is 50 years older than me. She's 84 and I'm 34. We share laughs, makeup tips, and heart-to-heart conversations. Age is but a number, and despite the years between us, we are more ...

Danielle Blair (left) offered to carry her best friend's baby when she had trouble conceiving. Now big brother Declan (far right) has a sister Maisie. A woman’s best friend has gone above and beyond — ...

A reader wonders whether it would unfairly burden a friend to share sobering health news with her and her alone. By Philip Galanes A couple of years ago, I received radiation treatment for two brain ...