Four years ago, winter was charging into my Albany, New York, neighborhood, so I dug through my closet, searching for my favorite black puffer coat, only to find it flaking to pieces on the floor.

In many ways, this is the perfect explanation of the situation many people find themselves in, when they’re stuck in a relationship, job or other life commitment that, for whatever reasons, is no ...

I met my boyfriend when I was 24 years old at a party in Tulum. At the time, I was living in Los Angeles and doing some modeling on social media. Two years prior to meeting him, I graduated from ...