How Men Think

It feels so good at first: someone is seducing you, telling you you’re perfect, lavishing gifts and experiences on you, and then it shifts. We go over the traits of love bombers, how they begin with praise and then end with manipulation and control. While not all love bombers become emotionally abusive, experts say to be wary of a partner who resents your boundaries, personal interests or friendships.

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Hallow CEO and co-founder Alex Jones joins Amy for Spiritual Sunday to share the personal faith journey that changed the course of his life. After drifting away from the Catholic faith he was raised in, an interest in meditation unexpectedly led Alex back to prayer and Christianity, ultimately inspiring him to create Hallow. He and Amy talk about the power of prayer and silence, finding peace in an increasingly noisy world, and what he would say to anyone questioning their faith or searching for something more.

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A researcher in the science of happiness has written a book that teaches us all how to feel more loved. Professor Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky says previous research on happiness has focused on the love we feel FOR others, but she makes the argument that what truly makes us happy is the love we feel FROM others. How do we get that feeling? By changing our conversations. If we intentionally have conversations where we listen to learn, where we don’t interrupt or give advice or turn the topic to ourselves, our partners will feel more loved and, in turn, will become more willing and even eager to do the same for you.

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RHONY favorites Kelly Bensimon and Sonja Morgan are digging into the latest chapter two celebrity headlines!

A former housewife is opening a cafe - will our NY ladies be checking it out?

Did a rocker’s ex-wife shade a Kardashian? We get into the comment that made us do a double-take! 

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A battle for custody of a newborn baby boy, whose parents wanted to terminate after a serious medical diagnosis, is brewing in Texas. The baby was born this week after the surrogate carrying him, McKenna West, refused to get an abortion at the biological parents’ request when he was diagnosed en utero with a life threatening heart condition, and fled to Texas “for protection.” The baby is in the custody of his biological parents and currently being treated while the legal battle plays out in court. 

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British police found 41-year-old Dr. Jason Arday unresponsive in his South London home on Friday, just weeks after the young professor resigned from his position with the prestigious Cambridge University. When he was named professor of sociology back in 2023 at the age of 37, he became the youngest black professor in the University’s history. He soon became the subject of questions and scrutiny for some of his published work and his seemingly remarkable personal backstory where Arday claimed he was non-verbal until age 11.

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It was a stunning day in federal court as 28-year-old Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges of stalking resulting in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was emotionless as he described how and why he murdered Thompson, detailing years of back pain and frustration with the insurance industry. It’s unclear now what will happen to the New York State murder charge against Magnione, his trial set to start on Sept 8th.

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It’s been more than a year since 33-year-old Martha Nolan was found dead on a wealthy Montauk entrepreneur’s yacht last August and police have yet to release her cause of death or any updates on the investigation. So now, Nolan’s family is asking the public for information, setting up a website and tip line just days after filing a $50 million lawsuit against Christopher Durnan, the man who was alone with Nolan when she died. Even though police say she showed no signs of violence, Nolan’s family says their independent investigation showed there was blood in her mouth, chest and back of her head when EMTs showed up more than an hour after she reportedly “went limp” on Durnan’s yacht.

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In what’s being described as an “aggressive test” of a judge’s order to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, its board overwhelmingly approved adding “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” beneath the Center’s name.  And when we say add, we mean engraved into the building’s facade.  The same judge who ordered his name be taken down would have to approve this new addition, which seems highly unlikely, but the board also voted to rename the plaza in front of the Center “Trump Plaza” and offered three options for closing down the memorial for renovations. 

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A “special court conference” is getting underway today in a Manhattan federal courtroom, after both the defense and prosecution requested a last minute hearing where sources claim Luigi Mangione will plead guilty to federal charges. If that happens, it puts his state murder trial set to begin in three weeks into question, with the defense likely to argue for dismissal on double jeopardy grounds. Mangione is charged in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December of 2024. 

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