In a previous post, I wrote about the concept of "sad love." But the emotion of sadness can be felt in many other situations as well, and it is particularly profound in the experience of ...

Chelsea went into Sunday’s game against Crystal Palace on the back of a busy and successful summer which had built a rising tide of expectation around a team that finally looked to be coming together.

Expectations are tricky. On the one hand, they motivate us, guiding our behavior toward goals and achievements. On the other hand, they can be a double-edged sword—leading to disappointment, anxiety, ...

Holiday disappointment is less a failure of celebration and more a consequence of misplaced emotional expectations. Here’s ...

Every relationship operates on a complex foundation of expectations – the unwritten rules and assumptions about how partners should behave, what they should prioritize, and how they should express ...

This is a syndication of the article originally published for the BBC, here. Chelsea went into Sunday’s game against Crystal Palace on the back of a busy and successful summer which had built a rising ...