Dyana runs three columns: Essays, long-form pieces that take their time; Letters, short weekly notes; and the Practicum, working guides for real situations. Everything we've published lives here.
A short catalog of the good news a nervous evening leaves behind — glances, timing, the sentence that started with "next time."
A short script for the conversation most couples avoid until they have to have it in a parked car.
On the difference between being told you're beautiful and being seen. Specificity as the highest form of affection.
The unhurried ninety minutes that quietly decide whether the two of you are still building something.
A short list of the questions worth asking after the small talk has run its course.
How well couples fight is one of the two things that predicts whether they last.
Nothing accelerates knowing a person like a shared airport at six a.m.