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Stop Asking ChatGPT If You Should Break Up
The reason why you're already more qualified than any expert to solve your relationship problems
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Think You Can Catch a Liar?
Don't be so sure.
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Yael Schonbrun
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Why Advice to Empathize is Misguided
The scientific reason why 'putting yourself in someone else's shoes' backfires.
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When Your AI Boyfriend Makes You Feel Like You're All That Matters
Love in the time of algorithms.
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Lessons from Goat Reconciliation
Relational wisdom from a backlogged reading list.
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Turn Down the Spotlight (And Turn Up the Connection)
Confessions of a bad gift-giver at the border.
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Yael Schonbrun
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The Science of Dad Jokes
Why the "Worst" Humor Might Actually Be the Best
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Relational Riffs
Relational Riffs
A newsletter that riffs on the science and practice of relationships. We tackle (and sometimes tickle) the complexities of relationships between people and between life roles.
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