At some point in my 20s, I learned that there are several different words in Greek to describe love. There’s philautia, which translates to compassionate self-love and agape, a type of selfless, ...

Over the years, I’ve spent countless Valentine’s Days alone as an act of self-love (and, one year, because a guy I was dating asked me which day Valentine’s Day was … on February 15). I’ve taken ...