According to Chief Deputy Brian Hester, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office had received been contacted by school faculty at West Gate K-8 School after they had received an “anonymous tip,” indicating that a student had created a list on her phone labeled as a “kill list.” The teenager’s ‘kill list’ allegedly targetted 8 different students at her school. The teenager, whose name will not be released since she is a minor, was charged with eight counts of written threats, one for each students name that had been found in her phone....

In Norway, a 375-year-old postal service, Posten Norge, released their version of a festive Christmas commercial that features Santa Claus getting a boyfriend. Norway is airing a commercial that stars a gay Santa Claus. The country said goodbye to Mrs. Claus in this new commercial dubbed, “When Harry met Santa,” as a play on the popular 1989 movie titled “When Harry met Sally…” RELATED: 76 Best Christmas Quotes To Get You Into A Merry Holiday Spirit The four-minute clip features a man, presumably named Harry, going downstairs in the middle of the night to get a glass of water when he catches a certain someone putting presents under his tree....

It looks like we’re going to run into a few financial problems during this week of ours, and while there’s no real danger of massive loss, there still is the idea that nothing is as it appears to be in business and at work. We need to be paying close attention to the state of our jobs during this week. We are not being threatened, and no one is really looking at actually losing their job, but this week’s horoscope is definitely about making sure you’re doing the right thing so that you don’t get in your own way when it comes to being happy at work and bringing home the bacon, so to speak....

Ironically, I hated him before I had ever seen him (we’ll call him Anthony) in person. He was younger than me, an arrogant writer (known for being difficult to work with) with an ego the size of Texas. I’d almost quit my job on a TV soap opera because I simply couldn’t bear working with him. Our telephone fights were legendary and our emails were filled with angry, shouty capital letters....

Another time at a family reunion, a distant relative pulled a tray of cookies away from me when I tried to grab one, patted my stomach (I swear to GOD), and said, “You used to be a little string bean! You look just as cute as you did, except now you’ve gotten much fatter!” It began taking a toll on my self-esteem — I starved myself for about 2 days before I almost passed out....

Anticlimactic, I know, given the day and age we live in but there are some people, like my boyfriend, who take their work to the next level — because they want to make a difference, and change the world. That motivation is powered by a ton of passion and hard work, most of it unpaid, for the greater purpose. RELATED: How My Partner’s Realism & My Optimism Balance Each Other Out My boyfriend and I are passionately involved in working with nonprofits....

This July, stepping on a scale for the first time since my heart was broken, my body weighed exactly the same as it did a year ago. RELATED: I’m So Sick Of The Body Positivity Movement Telling Me I Have To Love How I Look I didn’t expect that. I expected a dramatic increase, proportional to the tumult of the past 365 days. I lived in LA for a month, I taught high school kids, I started dating someone again, he ended things, I started a new job, I left the new job, I started a new job, I met a new guy, I produced a play, I quit producing with one company, I moved, I got shingles....

People put a finger into the water and then dab their forehead, making the sign of a cross before entering the church for mass. This is known as holy water. What is holy water? Holy water is most common among Lutherans, Roman, and Orthodox Catholics. Blessed and made by the priest, holy water provides a form of cleansing and protection. Water represents a natural symbol of purification. The holy water that is blessed is used by religious people to cleanse and remove negative energy, either ritual or moral....

Then a text message from Mom. ”Call me please.” Hmmm, that’s unusual. Normally, I’d work returning a missed call from Mom in between coaching calls with clients. However, this Monday morning, the “call me please,” text lit a fire under my ass and I returned Mom’s call sooner rather than later. Of course, I also couldn’t ignore the gnawing feeling I’d experienced all weekend that something was amiss, nor the eerie dream visits from my Dad just the night before....

My mom is one of the sweetest women I know — which makes her almost impervious to the harsh realities of the dog-eat-dog world of dating. For her, phrases like “give him a chance, you never know” and “the worst that happens, you make a new friend” are blithely uttered about men she’s never seen, knows nothing about, and who most likely have zero compatibility with her darling daughter. Well, except for being Jewish....

I didn’t. The first time I realized something was wrong, I was already on my way to familicide. I was literally loosening the top of the gas bottle where my husband and baby were sleeping peacefully when it occurred to me that this was not normal. The thing is, I didn’t feel depressed. All that was going through my mind was how nice it was going to be to have a really long sleep....

I remember a conversation with a former friend I had when I was 16 about my tendencies toward self-harm, and while she had never cut herself, she explained to me that she would take coat hangers with clamps and clamp them on her body. She made that comment in a way not to let me know that she understood my pain but to insinuate that what she went through was far worse....

The TikToker Brittany Jade, or @brittanyjade___, has over 2 million followers on the TikTok account where she and her husband, Wyland, shared their tumultuous story. TikToker Brittany Jade repaired her marriage even after a bitter $100K divorce. The TikTok she posted walked through the ups and downs of their whole relationship, starting when the met and continuing on through their journey of dating, marrying, having children, getting divorced, and — after some time to grow — coming back together....

Doing so sets the stage for clear, healthy relationship boundaries right from the start. And productive communication begins with emotional awareness, otherwise known as “emotional intelligence.” What is emotional intelligence? Emotional Intelligence (EI) — also known by the terms emotional leadership (EL), emotional quotient (EQ) and emotional intelligence quotient (EIQ) — is defined as: “The capability of individuals to recognize their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one’s goal(s)....

On the day you found the love of your life, you never felt more complete. You could take on the world! Now, things have gotten comfortable, and it feels like one of you has changed. But you swear it isn’t you. The way you speak to each other has harsh tones. And, not only that, it looks like the softness in his eyes is gone. Something’s got to give. You can’t go on like this anymore....

When my girlfriends confide in me about some of the seriously messed up romantic situations they find themselves in, it’s easy for me to judge them and offer dating advice they may not want. Looking at it from a stance of pure common sense, it makes no sense why any girl would waste her time on a guy who’s playing games or only sees her when he needs a ride to the airport....

It seems like a new technique for shifting realities pops up on TikTok every day. It can become overwhelming, but in the end, you’ll feel better after trying these methods. While the latest technique isn’t exactly new, it’s just as useful in creating the reality you desire: the pillow method manifestation. RELATED: The Powerful Manifestation Method That Claims To Make People Fall In Love With You What is the pillow manifestation method?...

Life is, indeed, funny and unexpected. Thinking back to when I was a little girl, I never dreamt of being raped at 14, having failed several suicides attempts, losing an unborn baby at 19, dealing with abuse in every relationship — mental, physical, and emotional — helping someone I loved with an issue I could never relate to, or being diagnosed with depression and anxiety. RELATED: He Tore My Life Apart But He Didn’t Break Me When I was a little girl in a town right outside Philadelphia, I remember thinking nothing bad could ever get to me, because I was tougher than I looked and could handle more than I thought....

I loved them all. To say one was more significant than the other would be wrong. I loved them all differently, for different reasons; the man I married I loved the most, but he wasn’t the love of my life. I don’t believe in soulmates. It’s a silly concept. To think that there’s only one person forever isn’t just scary, but insulting. I mean, there are millions of people in the world and there’s only one person for you?...

Meeting your soulmate won’t be a walk in the park, not as easy as you thought it’d be. Maybe because if it is, there’s a chance that you’ll only take it for granted. You’ll be quick to throw away the love that you have in front of you since you’ve never worked hard for it anyway. You’ll give up in a heartbeat when things get rough. RELATED: This Is How It Feels To Finally Be With Your Forever Person The world will not give your one true love in a grander way....