ADVICE: I Can't Find a Job

Dr. Toughlove talks to a recent graduate about taking a less than perfect job and offers rather direct advice.

ADVICE: T.M.I.?

Do your parents need to know the details of your sex life? Dr. Toughlove isn't so sure they do.

On Vacuums and Vacuity

Why do we get 9-5 desk jobs just to be miserable all the time? Is the money and 60" flat screen LCD TV worth the cost on our ...

ADVICE: Take Me To Your Secular World!

If your "experienced" buddy started dating an obviously "unexperienced" young girl from a Fundamental Christian family, what ...

ADVICE: 5 Ways to Survive Finals Week

As finals week approaches, Dr. Toughlove breaks down five ways to survive finals week, maintain your sanity, and manage to no...

On Fear and Flying

Have you ever kept something bottled up inside, afraid that letting it loose would scare away the people you love? Perhaps a ...

ADVICE: Single and Sick of It

When a young man finds himself frustrated with singledom he comes up with a plan straight out of a sitcom to meet women. Chan...

On Ethics and The Elderly

This week, Rob Hicks examines the role that morality plays in good and bad deeds and their intentions. Like most things in li...

Friends Don't Let Friends Play Drunk

When a guy picks chatting up chicks over preventing drunken idiocy of his friend, he turns to Dr. Toughlove for some advice. ...

On the Interesting and the Interested

Are celebrities worshipped because they're better than the rest of us? Or is there something else behind how we idolize them ...

ADVICE: Rainy Days

If you get bummed out when it rains do you have Seasonal Affective Disorder or are you a big crybaby? Dr. Toughlove has the a...

On Marriage and Minorities

In the midst of the Supreme Court's discussions of the legality of gay marriage in America, Rob Hicks finds himself wondering...

ADVICE: You Can Take Easter And Shove It!

Easter is a big holiday in America every year, but not all of us want to boil eggs and gorge ourselves on factory-made chocol...

ADVICE: On the Helpful and the Homeless

Very few people choose to be poor, even less choose to be homeless. Where are we supposed to draw then line when it comes to ...

ADVICE: University Ethics and Dating

Dr. Toughlove doles out advice to a graduate assistant interested in dating one of his students. Should ethics effect relatio...

ADVICE: On Work and Whiskey

If the only reason we work is to pay for things, then how is anyone satisfied? If you could ask your older self for some advi...

ADVICE: 10 Reasons Why You Should Go Home

Typically, an advice columnist writes articles that offer ways for others to navigate their every day lives. However, as nea...

On acceptance and accoutrements

If you saw yourself growing more cynical and jaded as you got older, what advice would you give yourself to avoid going down ...

ADVICE: She Needs Her Clothes

Dr. Toughlove doles out advice to a young woman with a friend in a potentially problematic relationship. If your partner woul...

ADVICE: On Purpose, Post-University

If you could write your past self a letter about what life held in store after college, what would you say?

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