Advice for Life

A last will and testament in the foreground, with a couple in the background. A couple disagrees over what to leave to adult children who are estranged. An inheritance talks, but what’s the right message to send? Advice columnist Eric Thomas weighs in.
Advice for Life

An Inheritance Talks

Couple split over the message their last will and testament should send

By R. Eric Thomas | June 27, 2025
Lazy retired man watching TV in the dark room - the retired husband has changed. Image by Andrei Lysenko
Advice for Life

Her Retired Husband Has Changed for Worse

And his wife is struggling to maintain her sanity

By R. Eric Thomas | June 20, 2025
adult children fight at a family gathering. Image by ChatGPT
Advice for Life

Adult Children Fight at Family Gatherings

What’s a father to do?

By R. Eric Thomas | June 13, 2025
A couple at home looking at something on a laptop, like social media connections with the past. Image by Nyul
Advice for Life

Social Media Connections with Ghosts of the Past

A husband’s ex-girlfriend and a cheating friend

By R. Eric Thomas | June 6, 2025
Man working at a water treatment plant after getting a job downgrade. Image by Andrey Kekyalyaynen
Advice for Life

Struggling with a Job Downgrade

This 58-year-old feels embarrassed and useless

By R. Eric Thomas | May 30, 2025
Man with movie camera, along the Yangtze River in China. By Gunold. Used with column on second-act artist.
Advice for Life

Second-Act Artist Fears Criticism

Unenthusiastic friends are squelching his joy

By R. Eric Thomas | May 23, 2025
A woman rejecting foods that she is allergic to. When they eat the wrong foods, this person suffers after. But when they insist on a bland meal on social occasions, they face criticism. Advice columnist Eric Thomas offers suggestions, including food allergy retorts to the critics.
Advice for Life

Food Allergy Comebacks

Choosing between critical comments and the misery of eating harmful food

By R. Eric Thomas | May 16, 2025
A woman sitting at home with a sad look on her face is disappointed in changing sibling dynamics. Image by Yuri Arcurs
Advice for Life

Changing Sibling Dynamics As We Age

Her brother has drifted away – or is this just who he is?

By R. Eric Thomas | May 9, 2025
Couple at an art gallery with the husband talking on his phone, getting apologies from his son because he and his wife are serial cancelers.
Advice for Life

Son and His Wife Are Serial Cancelers

And the frustrated dad is ready to throw in the towel

By R. Eric Thomas | May 2, 2025
An older man and a laughing baby outside. By Kasienka. Article: 60-Year-Old Man Wants to Father a Child
Advice for Life

60-Year-Old Man Wants to Father a Child

Are his desires normal and should he act on them?

By R. Eric Thomas | April 25, 2025

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