Psychology

A manly divorce

Straight men rarely write about the end of their marriages. Our enduring ideas about gender explain this silence

Joshua Coleman

‘I didn’t fall in love with a couple of body pieces’ – on marriage and transition

3 minutes

At 14, Asal is excited about her engagement. Her relatives all have their own opinions

33 minutes

Born that way

Confident or shy, our temperament is mostly baked-in from birth. But how that influences our lives is up for grabs

Gina Mireault

Family passages

Each new generation learns from its elders. But familial voices now compete for influence with a chorus of urgent others

Elizabeth Svoboda

Fifty years ago, a train collided with Jack and Betty’s car. Here’s how they remember it

9 minutes

An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed

3 minutes

When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice

19 minutes

From back pain to addiction – one man’s struggle with opioids, as told to his sister

14 minutes

The right person

Contemporary wisdom says that happiness is the measure of a marriage. But is that a harmful way of judging relationships?

Joshua Coleman

‘When you’re done, you stay human!’ What gender transition means to John

6 minutes

A son of China’s former one-child policy remembers the sibling he never had

8 minutes

Alone on a small island in Belgrade, a father grieves his daughter in quiet solitude

12 minutes

The parentified child

When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible

Nivida Chandra

An artist grapples with the loss of his brother, and the problem of canine abduction

7 minutes