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Where to Draw the Line With Coworkers, Exes and Your Phone

Affairs almost never start with a decision. They start with a few small allowances nobody bothered to name out loud.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Leading a team through a mess you didn't make

The supplier burned down, the client went under, the parent company changed the rules. Your people still look at you first. Do this in the first 48 hours.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideMomsNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The Teenager Who Stops Talking Is Still Listening

Your kid pulling away isn't a verdict on your mothering. It's the job working. Here's how to stay close without chasing.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Marriage6 min read

Set the Lines With Coworkers, Exes and Screens Now

Almost nobody decides to wreck a marriage. They just let one friendship get warmer than the one at home. Name the rules while it's still easy.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

How to run a one-to-one that isn't just a status update

Thirty minutes, same slot every week, their agenda first. Most managers get the order backwards and then wonder why nobody tells them anything.

GuideMomsNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Start at Five If You Want Her Talking at Fifteen

The teenager who tells you things is built out of a hundred boring conversations you sat through when she was six.

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GuideMarriageNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Your Marriage Needs a New Project Now That the Kids Are Gone

The quiet isn't the problem. The missing joint venture is. What to build together in the long stretch after the last kid moves out.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideHumorMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Be Funny at Work Without Torching Your Credibility

The same joke can make you the sharpest person in the room or the one nobody trusts with a budget. The difference is almost never the joke.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Ninety seconds at the kerb decides how co-parenting goes

You can't fix the relationship. You can absolutely fix the handover, the money and the messages, and that's most of what your kids will remember.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMarriageNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Don't Walk Past Your Spouse Without Touching Their Shoulder

A hand on the back in a crowded kitchen takes two seconds and does more for a marriage than most date nights ever will.

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BRO TakeHumorSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

The Inside Joke Is Load-Bearing

Nobody lists "can still make each other laugh at 11 p.m. on a bad Tuesday" as a marriage skill. It's the one holding the house up.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The conversation to have before you separate

Most marriages end without the plain sentence ever being said out loud to the one person who needed to hear it. Say it. Here's how to set it up.

GuideMarriageMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Romance in the Middle Years Is Built at 9 P.M. on a Tuesday

Anniversary trips don't save a marriage. The forty minutes after the dishwasher starts does. Small habits, done badly, done anyway.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Don't go quiet when your daughter turns thirteen

She'll stop volunteering information somewhere around year nine. The lifts, the standards and the small habits that keep the line open.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Family6 min

How to tell if marriage counselling is working

Marriage6 min

Serving Your Spouse Without Keeping Score

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to say no in one sentence and leave it there

Most men don't struggle to decline. They struggle to stop talking afterward, and that's the part that costs them.

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Skills6 min read

Complain once, in writing, and get it fixed

Most complaints fail because the person making them never says what they want. Fix that first, then work the ladder in order.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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