How do we deal with the green-eyed monster? The author of The Virginity of Famous Men tells her truth—and helps us all wrestle with a painful subject.

No one can demand loyalty and fidelity; it can only grow out of trust and respect. The depth of trust, security, and intimacy can only manifest when we are both committed to ourselves and our partner, and give our love freely, never on demand.

That doesn't work out well for anybody.

In the end, I look at the pictures that my "friends" post of their children returning to school. I smile. Some comments are funny. These are of course joyful images. Images that allow people separated by distance to easily connect and share life. I suppose I am just overwhelmingly sad and jealous though

Remember that time you dropped a few pounds, felt really good about yourself and then you got on Instagram to take a photo

Instead of talking about things, and embracing change, we get stuck in old notions and beliefs which at the core are a threat

Jealousy is not a good look.

This August, my husband and I will be celebrating 35 years of marriage. Yes, we even did it all wrong. I was truly a child bride. What is real is that we are 'happily enough' married.

Stepmoms do not have an easy job. They are caught somewhere in the middle of all the emotion and tend to receive the brunt of negativity and spitefulness, because they are not a biological parent.

People can part amicably, they can remain friends -- without any possibility of reconciliation. In fact, maintaining a positive relationship with an ex is imperative when children are involved. If exes with kids can do it, why can't -- and shouldn't -- the young and the childless, too?

I felt sick to my stomach. I went over as many memories as I could to see if I could attribute her exclamation towards me