How Distance Can - Sometimes - Save a Relationship

How Distance Can - Sometimes - Save a Relationship

Sometimes, taking a step back can be the best move forward for any relationship, whether it's with family, friends, or a romantic partner. Distance can save a relationship, but only...
Love Beyond Valentine's Day: Strategies to Foster Lasting Connections Year-Round

Love Beyond Valentine's Day: Strategies to Foster Lasting Connections Year-Round

Valentine's Day has come and gone, but that doesn't mean that showing your love to those who matter the most should fade away with it. While this holiday serves as...
The Unspoken Struggles of Long-Distance Friendships

The Unspoken Struggles of Long-Distance Friendships

In recent years, much of the discussion in relationship circles has revolved around long-distance romantic commitments. Countless articles and discussions have dissected the challenges and triumphs of love stretched across...
Online friends: the comfort and sadness of digital relationships

Online friends: the comfort and sadness of digital relationships

Editor's Note: given the subject, our incredibly talented visual designers Catarina Gomes and Inês Laureano were challenged with co-creating the artwork for this blog piece with an AI. You can...
It's Okay to Let Friendships Fade Away: a guide to uncomplicated friendship breakups

It's Okay to Let Friendships Fade Away: a guide to uncomplicated friendship breakups

The amount of people we saw before COVID-19 isolation wasn’t healthy for some of us. It’s okay to trim the fat in your social life, let some friendships fade away,...
Dungeons and Dragons and Friends

Dungeons and Dragons and Friends

How playing a weekly game can form and strengthen. Even if you and your friends haven’t played Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) before, you probably have some vague idea of what...
Making Friends in my 20s During the 2020s? It’s easier for me than it has ever been

Making Friends in my 20s During the 2020s? It’s easier for me than it has ever been

The new normal It’s been 406 days since I came home for Spring Break. In this time so many things have happened: I became aware of the Coronavirus outbreak, finished...
Surviving the 2020s with a Friendship Bubble

Surviving the 2020s with a Friendship Bubble

When the pandemic hit last year, many of my friends and I whisked ourselves back to our parents’ homes or put off plans to move out. For many, this was...
How to Maintain Long Distance BFF ships

How to Maintain Long Distance BFF ships

For many years during and after college, my BFF (let’s call them Charlie) and I lived on different continents. Our relationship was sustained by Facebook messenger, occasional video calls, and...