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Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
10 Signs of a Healthy Relationship
How to know if your relationship is in a good place.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How a Soft Start-Up Can Cool Down Your Heated Argument | Connect Couples Therapy & Marriage Counseling
Caught up in conflict? Try a soft-start up. When you use a soft start-up, you and your partner can focus on the problem instead of who’s to blame.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
6 Resources to Help You Identify and Heal Anxious Attachment | Connect Couples Therapy & Marriage Counseling
Explore strategies for identifying and healing anxious attachment with therapist-approved resources, including podcasts, books, and expert insights.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Everyone Has Relationship Deal-Breakers. Here’s How to Identify Yours
Plus the best, non-awkward ways to bring them up.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Why I Sleep in a Separate Bed From My Husband
There’s an assumption that not sharing a bed is the death of a relationship but in many cases it can be the saviour.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Encouraging Your Partner To Change
If there's something you wish your partner would change, think carefully about why that change is important to you.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The adults celebrating child-free lives - BBC Worklife
From consciously child-free influencers, to online communities for people who’ve decided against having kids, the no-kids movement is booming – but so is the backlash.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’ | Dating | The Guardian
Gives you space, doesn’t use voicemail, is liked by dogs: our guide to the telltale signs that a relationship is the real deal
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Lost History of No-Fault Divorces - JSTOR Daily
The regulation of divorce has changed a lot in the twentieth century. The National Association of Women Lawyers was instrumental in making that change happen.
Psychology | Personality
Micromanipulation: The Covert Tactic That Narcissists Use in Arguments to Reassert Control
Here’s how to recognize its damaging effects.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How to set boundaries to make your relationships better - Vox
Relationships aren’t always easy to preserve. Boundaries can help.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
How to Create a Transformational Relationship | Psychology Today
...not a transactional one.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How the 10-Second Rule Can Dramatically Change Your Conversations and Make You a Better Leader | Inc.com
Those 10 seconds can make all the difference.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
10 Meaningful Questions to Ask Others to Strengthen Your Relationships
When we take the time to ask creative and purposeful questions, we create long-lasting bonds that are both deep and fulfilling.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
How We Can Boost Our Compassion and Healing as We Move Forward
This time calls for us to be especially conscious in our choices.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Emotional Fulfillment and Contact Key in Stable Romantic Partnerships
By Matthew Warren. Learning that others can meet our needs makes people realise ending relationship is a viable option.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Healthy Ways to Deal with Conflict in Relationships
Happily married couples who have been together for decades still argue every so often, but a new study finds that the topics married couples choose to argue about can make all the difference.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
5 Key Questions to Assess Your Confidence in Your Relationship
Believing your relationship is strong may be the key to achieving this positive outcome. New research on relationship confidence shows 5 ways to find whether yours will last.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Let Go: On-Again, Off-Again Relationships Harmful To Mental Health - Study Finds
Letting go is painful for many people when it comes to relationships, but a study suggests that it may be the safest option when it comes to protecting one's mental health.
Psychology | Relationships
When You Talk About Relationships, Do You Say 'I' or 'We'? Your Choice Is Revealing, Psychology Study Suggests
Researchers found that those who displayed what they called "anxious and avoidant" attachment styles used the pronoun "I" more often when talking about romantic experiences.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Sex Therapy for the 21st Century
Welcome to the Monitor on Psychology digital edition! This interactive format allows you to easily read, share with friends, and click on web links to get further resources.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Marriage Grows Easier In Old Age; Couples Fight Less, Laugh More - Study Finds
Ever feel like your marriage is losing its luster and all the romance is being replaced with petty bickering? Don't worry, there's light -- and lightheartedness -- at the end of the tunnel.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Why ‘The One’ Is a New and Stressful Concept
Couples therapist Esther Perel outlines why the modern cultural idea of “a good marriage” is both new and unprecedented: rules have given way to choices, which comes with their own set of issues.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How Do You Stay Connected When Your Partner is Unhappy? One Therapist’s Advice.
“She may need something more than sympathy.”
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Consequences of No Physical Attraction | Psychology Today
Living in a house of cards.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Rushing Into a Serious Relationship May Cause It To Fail — Here Are 4 Benefits of Slowing Things Down
Research shows that taking time to get to know each other boosts your relationship success -- easing your stress.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Why Mindset Is Critical in Successful Relationships
Whether you have a fixed or growth mindset affects the quality (and future) of your relationships.
Psychology | Personality
What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
Do you want to be there for a loved one, but don't know how? Here are some techniques to help you 'hold space' for people in need.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Why People Cheat: Study Reveals 8 Common Factors Of Unfaithful Partners - Study Finds
It's a question most, if not all scorned spouses would love to know the answer to: "Why'd you cheat?" A recent study identified eight common motivators of people who are unfaithful to their romantic partners.
Psychology | Personality
Surprising Facts About Body Language and Your Emotions | Psychology Today
You are undoubtedly aware that your face communicates your emotional state, but new research shows the surprising ways that your entire body language contributes to the process.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Paid Leave Can Help Domestic-Violence Victims - The Atlantic
Sixty percent of victims lost their jobs as a direct result of their abuse.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Surprising Keys to a Long-Lasting Relationship | Psychology Today
If you could read into the future of your relationship, what might you predict? New research shows the surprising role of conflict in predicting your relationship's longevity.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How Can I Be Me While You’re Being You? | Psychology Today
Just about all lovers go through a stage of high emotional reactivity that threatens to destroy their relationship.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Best Time to Get Help for Your Relationship | Psychology Today
Most couples wait too long to get help. Unnecessary suffering occurs in secrecy and isolation when you are too embarrassed to ask for assistance...
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How to Have a Better Relationship - Well Guides
Good relationships don’t happen overnight. They take commitment, compromise, forgiveness and most of all — effort. Here we offer the latest in relationship science, expert advice, fun quizzes and helpful tips to help you build a stronger bond with you
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Letting Them Go: Social Media for the Broken-Hearted
Is technology interfering with your breakup recovery?
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Romance and Attachment Quiz
What's your style of romantic attachment? Find out now!
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How Can I Stop Fighting With My Boyfriend About Our Bills?
A 50/50 split isn’t always the answer.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Marriage advice from experts who are married
We asked four couples in which both partners are relationship experts to share marriage advice based on what has worked best for them.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Learning to Live With a Partner Who Never Says ‘I Love You’
I’m a words person. He’s … not.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The One Daily Talk That Will Benefit Your Marriage
Changing your approach to an end-of-the-day talk can ensure to help both you and your partner unwind.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Have an Emotionally Wealthy Marriage
Plus, five science-based ways to create a wealth of love and passion in your relationship.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
If you don't sleep in the same bed as your partner, you're not alone
One in four British couples are regularly sleeping in separate beds due to stress, new research has revealed. Bedroom furniture retailers Bensons for Beds examined the sleeping habits of 2,000 UK couples and found that long work days and children were
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How to Connect Better With New People, According to Science
To make it easier to meet people, go for extraordinary, outside-the-box experiences.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Four Rules for a Great Sex Talk with your Partner
How many times have you thought if you could just communicate about sex, it would get better, but instead talking seems to make it worse?
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Why Meaning May Be The Key To Making It In Marriage
Northwestern close relationships psychologist Eli Finkel on why meaning makes love last.
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
Long-Distance Relationships – Real Life Things You Should Know Before Getting Started
Here's what you should know (advice, TIPs and problems) to make long-distance relationships work (last and keep) from real people before getting started.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
Better Sleep Might Be the Key to a Better Relationship
Science suggests sleepy partners equal hostile partners.
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
How to Build a Healthy Relationship Between a Man and a Woman with Science
You may know what a healthy romantic relationship looks like, but do you know how to get one? Find out what stages you must go through before true love.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Secret Reason That Sex Is So Good for Your Relationship
It’s almost a given that couples with good relationships are more likely to enjoy sex with each other. New research shows why sex has such a positive impact.
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
8 Reasons Why Happy Couples Rarely Share Their Relationship Statuses On Social Media
Northwestern University found that those who posted more frequently on social media about their partner actually feel insecure in their relationship
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Don’t Hate Your Husband: Advice for New Mothers
The first years of parenthood are tough on couples. A few survival tips.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
8 Things The Happiest Couples Do Every Morning
A little lovin' in the a.m. can set the tone for the rest of your day. ☕️
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
Want a Better Marriage?...Add Some Emotional Intelligence | The Huffington Post
Would you like your marriage to be significantly more rewarding? If you answer yes, I am not going to recommend you and your partner visit a marriage co...
Psychology | Relationships
Why So Many Couples Fight at Ikea -- Science of Us
How do you say “I hate you” in Swedish?
News | News Items
"Origin of Love" - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
6 Essential Traits of Healthy Intimate Relationships
Healthy relationships require effort -- and that's a large part of what makes them so rewarding.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Is Your Relationship Codependent? What Exactly Does That Mean?
Like “self love” or “inner child,” the term “codependent” smacks of pop psychology psychobabble. To make matters worse, it’s become shorthand for a whole host of unhealthy behaviors. Bu
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Your choice of a life partner is no accident
Study uses DNA to discern people’s preferences in mates, and suggests how such choices shape our genomes
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!
7 Things Happy Couples Do Differently
There’s no exact formula for a great relationship. In fact, all relationships are made of two people from different backgrounds and experiences, who are doing their best to make it work.
Psychology | Relationships
What Keeps Couples Happy Long Term
A large, new study on sexual satisfaction finds happy long-term couples share certain habits.
Psychology | Relationships
Who Can Really Make Us Happy?
Scientists submit the old saying, "a happy wife, a happy life" to empirical scrutiny.
Architecture & Interior Design | Decorating & Interior Design
22 Creative Workspace Ideas for Couples | Brit + Co
With a little planning and a bit of compromise, you can pull off an enviable home office for two.
Advice & Self-Help | advice and self help
The 4 Habits of Highly Happy Couples | Psychology Today
Four habits that build a happier, long-lasting relationship.
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
9 Love Actually Couples That Don’t Get Enough Love, Actually
Forget the couples everyone talks about, these are the pairings that really matter.
Politics | From CNN
Man gives woman with ex-girlfriend's name a world trip - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Jordan Axani planned to travel around the world with his girlfriend Elizabeth Gallagher, until they broke up. Now, he'll embark on Sunday on the circumnavigation with Elizabeth Gallagher.
