A child can fail and still be loved. A man fails once, and he’s “not good enough.” A child can scream, cry, or fall apart. A ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were loved and accepted exactly as we are? Many times during psychotherapy sessions, my clients have uttered some version of, “I just want to be unconditionally loved! I ...

Although I grew up in a working class, immigrant family in conservative, Catholic-dominated Philadelphia in the 1950s, I was a child of privilege. For many of my childhood years, I lived in an ...

Alyce Collins is a Newsweek Life and Trends reporter based in Birmingham, U.K. with a focus on trending topics that are both engaging and relatable. Since 2019, she has covered a variety of ...

The ideal of unconditional love is a noble one. We want to be loved as we are, and perhaps we’d like to see ourselves as capable of selfless love. Unfortunately, loving unconditionally may set us up ...