May 26, 2026 | Essays, Marriage & Family
You have been with your partner for years. The two of you are thinking about the wedding, or your families are, or you are starting to wonder whether you need one at all. The pressure of the day is starting to feel out of proportion to anything else in your life...
May 24, 2026 | Essays, Marriage & Family
By their forties, fifties, or beyond, most successful people look at marriage with the same caution they would bring to any large transaction. They are right to be cautious. The wrong spouse can cost half of what someone built and decades of their peace along with it....
May 22, 2026 | Essays, Finding a Partner
By David Tian, Ph.D.Certified IFS Therapy Practitioner (Level 3). Ph.D., University of Michigan, specializing in moral psychology. Former tenure-track faculty in philosophy, National University of Singapore. Brown University Certified Leadership Coach. Private adviser...
May 20, 2026 | Essays, Finding a Partner
By David Tian, Ph.D.Certified IFS Therapy Practitioner (Level 3). Ph.D., University of Michigan, specializing in moral psychology. Former tenure-track faculty in philosophy, National University of Singapore. Brown University Certified Leadership Coach. Private adviser...
May 19, 2026 | Essays, Ambition Redefined
You used to wake up before the alarm. You didn’t have to summon drive. Drive was the ambient condition, like the temperature of the room. You worked weekends because the alternative was unbearable. You worked through illness, through breakups, through the death...
May 17, 2026 | Essays, Ambition Redefined
The press cycle ended six months ago. Your number is liquid. Your inbox still fills up with people who want fifteen minutes. By every metric you set for yourself at twenty-three, you cleared the bar by a wide margin. And somewhere in the last quarter, you have started...
