Poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson famously said, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” But sometimes the pain of heartbreak is just too much to bear, leaving us emotionally ...

Sooner or later, we all face dark times—times when we feel alone, isolated, and lost. Times when we want to hide because our hearts feel so broken. No matter how we try to avoid it, we all suffer ...

Christopher de Vinck recalls a poem written by his mother shortly after her death: "Her poem did not heal my ache the day she died. Death is not a physician, but the hands of our mothers who love us, ...

They say the heart has reasons that the mind cannot understand, and this becomes very clear when it comes to love that has left and won't return. We've all felt the weight of a goodbye we didn't ask ...

Experts have found that breakups, especially a difficult, unexpected one, can burrow deep into our subconscious. Everyone knows they hurt, but science shows they can alter our bodies as well as our ...

The trip to Cambodia was my sister’s idea. “Come visit me,” she’d said when I’d called crying about a recent heart-break. “We can visit the temples and the night markets. And anyway, travel is the ...