Francine Russo

Russo is the author of Love After 50: How to Find It, Enjoy It, and Keep It

Recent Articles

Why Older Couples Don't Need Marriage to Have Great Relationships

When Rochelle Ventura, a retired election consultant, married at age 22, she felt, she says, “like a domestic slave.” Now 83 and living with Phil Doppelt, 82, a retired software engineer, she says, “We’re equals....

By Francine Russo September 17, 2021

How News Coverage of the Boston Marathon Manhunt Affected Local Kids

You may not be surprised to learn that children who attended the 2013 Boston Marathon were six times more likely than non-attendees to suffer from PTSD. Given the carnage and panic wrought by the bombs,...

By Francine Russo June 5, 2014

Eating Your Feelings? Your Mom Might Be to Blame

Mothers' relationships with their own moms can lead to parenting styles that could cause their kids to be obese

By Francine Russo December 23, 2014

Sleep's Best-Kept Secret: A Treatment for Insomnia That's Not a Pill

Why behavior therapy isn't used more, and what your smartphone can do about that

By Francine Russo January 31, 2014

How to Find out Anything from Anyone

A former intelligence officer shares interrogation tips for getting people to spill on first dates and their salaries

By Francine Russo January 28, 2014

What Dreams Are Made Of: Understanding Why We Dream (About Sex and Other Things)

Do they predict the future or simply rehash the past?

By Francine Russo January 23, 2014
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