Allie Volpe
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 12
- Latest publication
- Sep 14, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Why you should start planning for the holidays now. Yes — in September. (opens the original)
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Holiday planning can feel like a second, unpaid job. Here’s how to make it less stressful and more meaningful. The weather forecast might still be screaming “summer,” but the calendar betrays the truth: The holidays are going to be here before you know it. What’s usually billed as a jolly time of year can inspire dread — all the planning, all the spending, all the gathering can be exhausting, especially if you have a large family. Of course you’d like to put that off for as long as possible, rig
The strange grief of not wanting kids (opens the original)
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Why you might be mourning a future you chose not to have. Mingaile Kieraite remembers what it felt like observing those close to her become parents. As family members shared updates on their pregnancies and friends dragged her to kid-friendly events, she began to feel isolated, as if she wasn’t being let into an exclusive club. But Kieraite, 33, had already decided she didn’t want to join the club. From a young age, Kieraite never had an intense, or even middling, desire to have kids. She’d hel
Can you spend your way out of loneliness? (opens the original)
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People are isolated and looking for community. These companies are happy to sell it. Over the years, Julianne Holt-Lunstad has fielded many requests from startups looking for her help. These entrepreneurs came to the Brigham Young University professor with the well-meaning goal of “solving” loneliness; they believed their app or company could help consumers build genuine connections, and wanted Holt-Lunstad’s opinion on this feature or that business tactic. Across the pond, University College L
What you should put in your dating app profile, according to science (opens the original)
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It’s not what you share, but how you share it. Some professors might recoil at the idea of looking at their students’ dating app profiles. Not Gurit Birnbaum, a professor of psychology at Reichman University. She saw it as an opportunity. Some of the young people in Birnbaum’s classes, as well as close friends, asked for her advice and turned their phones over to her. After poring over their bios and photos, she had some opinions. What stood out were a few commonalities in how they presented the
What’s the difference between fashionably late and straight-up rude? We asked three experts. (opens the original)
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Here’s how much of a buffer you really have. There are two kinds of people in this world: those who find it acceptable to be a little tardy and those who consider it an affront to all that is decent. As someone who frequently runs late, I’m often relieved when someone else is, too. And I don’t mind if a friend is a bit behind; the worst-case scenario is I have a few minutes of peace in which to stare at my phone. But the perpetually punctual see this as disrespect, as showing up late is a sign y
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