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The Rise of Friendship Therapy - T Australia February 2021

There’s no roadmap for dealing with struggling friendships; no tried-and-tested path to healing after a painful friend breakup

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024friendship, friendship therapy, friendship breakup, therapy, rachel voysey, the relationship room sydney, t magazine, the new york times style magazine australia, big friendship, history of friendship, ann friedman, Aminatou Sow, alexandra english, couples therapy

Private life - Fashion Journal November 2020

And how to cultivate and nurture your inner world in 2020 and beyond

Friendship breakups in 2020 - ELLE Online (Copy)

Much has been written about what isolation has revealed about our romantic partners. But not much has been spoken about what this period of suspended animation has shown us about our friends

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024friendship breakup, friendship, fight, urstrong, pandemic, covid, 2020, love

SINGLED OUT - ELLE June/July 2020

We’ve entered an era of myriad relationship statuses – coupled, friends with benefits, open, polygamous, three-digital-dates-in-but-unsure-where-this-is-going. But is flying solo the last taboo?

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024relationships, single, couples, love, dating, romance, elle magazine, alexandra english

Talking to Strangers - ELLE June/July 2020

Since the early 1900s, an agony aunt has been a willing ear. But at a time of DMs and ask-me-anythings, seeking advice from someone you don’t know has become risky business

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Catching Feelings - ELLE March 2020

We make think there’s a reason for every feeling but, as it turns out, not all our emotions are our own

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024emotions, emotional psychology, emotional contagion, elle magazine, alexandra english

Out of Date - ELLE March 2020

Have dating apps surpassed their shelf life?

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024dating, dating apps, tinder, bumble, love, relationships, elle magazine, alexandra english

The Rise of Micro-Cheating - ELLE December 2019

From ethical non-monogamy to relationship anarchy, the dating rule book has been rewritten. But could the fire emoji destroy all our progress?

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024relationships, cheating, microcheating, love, couples, dating, elle magazine, alexandra english

To Die For - ELLE October 2019

Millennials may not be next in line to shuffle off this mortal coil, but that doesn’t mean we’re not ready

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 3, 2024death, millennials, elle magazine, alexandra english, dr michele knight, death cafe, death doula, ask a mortician, caitlin doughty, death in the afternoon, burial, creamation, eco burial, renee adair

In Charm's Way - Harper's BAZAAR May 2020

The romance scammer is a bogeyman for our digital age, but victims are often dismissed for being ‘gullible’. Alexandra English reveals the silent epidemic of the love con, and how youth, wits and intelligence are no guarantee we won’t succumb

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 1, 2024romance, romance scam, online love scam, scamwatch, harper's bazaar, alexandra english

Scammers are the new It-girls - Harper's Bazaar August 2019

Why is pop culture obsessed with young, chic female scammers?

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 1, 2024anna delvey, elizabeth holmes, scammer, female con artist, female scammer, con artist, theranos, harper's bazaar

Possessed by Possessions - Harper's BAZAAR April 2020

The Marie Kondo backlash has begun, even as we struggle to achieve the minimalist interiors heroed on social media. Alexandra English digs through the psychological clutter to reveal our inner magpie and our counterbalancing urge to purge

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 1, 2024hoarding, psychology, marie kondo, clutter, possessions, harper's bazaar, alexandra english, minimalism

Does Anybody Like Me? - Harper's BAZAAR November 2019

There is you, then there is work you, and then there is Instagram you. Are we trying so hard to be likeable in every area of our lives that we are forgetting ourselves?

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 1, 2024harper's bazaar, likability, instagram, work, women, personality, women in power, julia gillard, hillary clinton, alexandra english

On Demand - Harper's BAZAAR June/July 2019

The boom in virtual valets lets us outsource irksome tasks in the time it takes to send a text. Or so Alexandra English thought …

zeitgeistalexandra englishApril 1, 2024virtual assistant, cate blanchette, where'd you go bernadette, marie semple, technology, outsourcing, future, harper's bazaar, alexandra english

Jason Bateman Is The Adult We All Need - marie claire December 2020

If the raging chaos of 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that the whole world needs an adult

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On Keeping a Diary - The Ladies Network June 2016

While the thought of someone reading my diary mortifies me, I jump at the chance to read someone else’s, like some kind of literary voyeur trying to catch a glimpse of someone’s secret life

zeitgeistalexandra englishJune 30, 2018diary, writing, lena dunham, virginia woolf, sylvia plath, anais nin, alexandra english, the ladies network

2017 Horoscopes, the 'Definitive' Guide - The Ladies Network

You have better things to do than read through the hundreds of 2017 predictions that are circulating in print and online. I, on the other hand, do not. Here’s a round-up and in-depth analysis of your stars according to Rookie, Oyster, Elle, Marie Claire, and Body and Soul

zeitgeistalexandra englishJanuary 1, 2017horoscopes, star signs, astrology, alexandra english, the ladies network