Empathy

Are You Afraid When the Elevator Doors Open?
(Image/The Belltower – the Mount Aloysius College student newspaper)A friend of mine—female—was in a work meeting with a bunch of…
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What Being Drugged and Robbed Taught Me About Rape Culture
I’d only been conscious for a half-hour or so, and I was fighting tears because as a general rule, I…
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Podcast Interview: The Mindset You Must Change if You Want a Great Marriage
I know what you’re probably not thinking: I really want to listen to Matt blather on about conflict in relationships!…
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How to Comfort (and Not Comfort) Someone Going Through a Divorce
Only two kinds of people could help me feel better during my first year of coping with, adjusting to, and…
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Preparing for that Last Goodbye
Nothing sparks contemplation for me quite as intensely as the news of someone’s death. One of my best friends from…
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The Moments When Men Lose Their Wives
Our relationships work like a weight scale. Like a math equation. With every person we know, there’s a ledger. There…
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I Have No Idea What You’re Talking About; Do We Say What We Really Mean?
In January 2016, I published an article titled “She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes by the Sink” which became…
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The Myth of the Nagging Wife — It’s Invisible Burns That Actually End Marriages
We sometimes hear husbands complain about their stupid, bitchy, nagging wives. Some of them probably are married to petty, unkind…
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The Subtle Difference Between Shitty and Non-Shitty Husbands and Wives
The difference is so subtle that I didn’t recognize it until now. And now that I have, it isn’t hard…
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I Am the Monster You Should Be Afraid Of
How far back can you remember? I’m pretty sure I can remember moments when I was 3. We must have…
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