In a world that glorifies hustle culture and endless productivity, it's easy to blur the line between being hardworking and being addicted to over-functioning. Over-functioning is when people take on ...

Sue is exasperated with the countless times she’s asked Mick to help her with household chores. They’ve been married for seven years, and this has been an argument “on repeat.” Sue’s voice is full of ...

Welcome to Better Sex With Dr. Lexx, a monthly column where sex therapist, educator and consultant Dr. Lexx Brown-James shares expertise, advice and wisdom about sex, relationships and more.

If you feel these four ways, you're taking on too much of others' energy and not guarding your own. Most of us want to do all we can to help those we care about, but for those who are empaths, and ...

Signs of over-functioning include: taking responsibility for someone else’s life responsibilities (making their doctor appointments, waking them up, buying gifts for them to give), giving unsolicited ...