Divorce is hard no matter how it transpires. But just like leaving one job and starting another, the downtime between ending a marriage and seeking a new person is the perfect time to regroup, refresh and reevaluate. It is a rare and wonderful occurrence when we have the opportunity to objectively look at ourselves and decipher where we are, who we are and what we want going forward. Besides looking at your career, living situation, goals, dreams and desires, one thing that should be looked at...

In an interview with "Extra" posted online Friday, the reality star told reporter AJ Calloway that she is staying clear of the dating scene. "Obviously, I've learned that I rush into things when I fall in love and get excited," Kardashian admitted. "I need to take my time, so maybe I should chill out for a little bit and not date -- it's the only thing I can do at this point. Whenever it happens, it'll just happens. I'm not worried about it, I'm not looking." So who is the current object of Kardashian's...

n an E! Entertainment special that aired Wednesday night, teen queen Selena Gomez opened up about her parents' divorce. Gomez, who was 5-year-old when her parents split, blamed her mother for the divorce--something she deeply regrets. "I blamed my mom a lot [for the divorce] because I wanted a family so bad," Gomez said. "I wanted to have my mom and dad together. I remember just being angry with my mom. I still feel really bad about that." Her mother Mandy Teefey, who became pregnant at age...

Want a successful marriage? Make sure you have sex when you're ready. According to a new study, women who are sexually active early in their adolescence--specifically, before age 16--are more likely to divorce. Researchers at the University of Iowa used the responses of 3,793 women who are married or have been married at some point in their lives from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to examine the relationship between the age at which they had their first sexual experience, and the success...

This post originally appeared on The Good Men Project Vicki Larson and I have been having a fairly heated conversation about what ugly has to do, or not do, with a man being marrying material. Her Huffington Post column got huge attention for claiming that women should choose ugly husbands, lest they be subject to the Weiner/Tiger/Arnold syndrome--appealing and powerful men who crash and burn. I am not sure we will ever agree completely, but in my direct conversations with Vicki I get the...