Relationships

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“The truth about intimate relationships is that they can never be any better than our relationship with ourselves.” ~ James Hollis

The habit of continuing to make the same mistakes and getting into unhappy relationships is a pattern that haunts far too many humans. The psychology...

Bad Love: Breaking Down The Behaviors That Keep Us In Unhappy Relationships

A break up can be one of the worst experiences we can endure in life. However, there are hidden gems within the bad. Here are 5 of them...

5 Reasons Your Break Up Is A Beautiful Thing

Is the near-universal idea that life-long monogamy -- and by extension, the nuclear family unit -- the only truly wholesome choice humans can make?

5 Reasons To Get Rid Of The Idea Of ‘The One’ Forever

Beautiful young Burmese nuns of the Theravada order of Buddhism: "5 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Buddhist Nuns About Dating and Relationships"

5 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Buddhist Nuns About Dating and Relationships

"A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live. ~ Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio | "Open Relationship": The term automatically brings...

What It’s Really Like Being in an Open Relationship

Tired of Having the “Same Old Fight”? How To Recognize the Deeper Issues at Play.

Here are a few pointers that I learned from them throughout the years, and, if you look closely enough, you'll see that these are also 10 of the most common habits that can ruin relationships. Watch for them!

8 of the Most Common Habits That Ruin Relationships

Depending on whether or not the relationship was a long-term one and if the break-up was mutual and/or amicable, the thought of letting go and moving on can seem daunting. In order to be able to make the transition as stress-free and as seamless as possible, is it is important that you are able to grieve in a way that is healthy, allowing you to leave any toxic feelings that you may have been harbouring behind and to keep them from resurfacing in the future.

6 Ways To Release Baggage From Old Relationships

Some lovers try to stay inside the love bubble as long as they can by creating their own private culture. They invent a language of their own that nobody else can understand. They share jokes with punch lines that are funny only to them. Within the perceived safety of the bubble, their merge feels at once total and eternal. It was in just such a bubble that film star Ingrid Bergman and her husband, Peter Lindstrom, named their daughter Pia, with the three letters standing for Peter, Ingrid, Always. Alas, the marriage fell apart, but Pia’s name remained a reminder of love’s possibilities and its fragility — always.

Why Falling In Love Makes You Crazy

Everyone knows relationships are easy in the beginning. It's keeping them that way that is, ironically, the hard part. Yet there are those who've done it. Here are 7 relationship tips from couples who've been together for over 5 decades.

7 Relationship Tips from Couples Who Have Been Together For Over 50 Years

Breaking News: Yes, Women Have Casual Sex!

When all the heartbreak & hard work of dating leads you to someone who's in it for the long haul, there will be some sure signs. Here are 17.

17 Signs You’re Dating Someone Who’s in It for the Long Haul

There’s a story that never, unfortunately, gets old. It’s about infidelity & depression during mid-life as a misguided way to get well and find fulfillment.

Depression, Mid-Life Crisis and Infidelity: When Good Men Behave Badly, and Why.

Our culture pours endless energy into beginning relationships well, but very little into ending them well. Here are 6 steps to end your relationship...

A Psychologist Provides 6 Essential Steps on How to END Your Relationship

Many highly intelligent people still argue like children, even though they're the last to realize it. Are you one? Here are 4 psychological signs you know how to argue like an adult, not a child...

4 Psychological Signs You’ve Learned How To Argue Like an Adult, Not a Child

While science, of course, shouldn't be the final arbiter when it comes to the emotional landscape of relationships, what DOES it have to say about them? Here are 5 rules of strong relationships, backed by science.

5 Rules of Strong Relationships

Is The “Argument Free Marriage” an Oxymoron?

Everyone has struggled with it at one time or another: being attracted to people who are wrong for us. People we KNOW are wrong. Here's a brief look at why...

Why We’re Attracted to People Who Are Wrong For Us

Are you in a healthy relationship or not? Here are 20 sure signs you are.

20 Sure Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship

In love relationships, there is often a BIG difference between the type of love experienced. At the top we have unconditional love; at the bottom, toxicity.

True Love & Toxic Love: 14 Core Differences

The habit of continuing to make the same mistakes and getting into unhappy relationships is a pattern that haunts far too many humans. The psychology...

Bad Love: Breaking Down The Behaviors That Keep Us In Unhappy Relationships

A break up can be one of the worst experiences we can endure in life. However, there are hidden gems within the bad. Here are 5 of them...

5 Reasons Your Break Up Is A Beautiful Thing

Is the near-universal idea that life-long monogamy -- and by extension, the nuclear family unit -- the only truly wholesome choice humans can make?

5 Reasons To Get Rid Of The Idea Of ‘The One’ Forever

Beautiful young Burmese nuns of the Theravada order of Buddhism: "5 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Buddhist Nuns About Dating and Relationships"

5 Surprising Lessons I Learned From Buddhist Nuns About Dating and Relationships

"A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live. ~ Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio | "Open Relationship": The term automatically brings...

What It’s Really Like Being in an Open Relationship

Tired of Having the “Same Old Fight”? How To Recognize the Deeper Issues at Play.

Here are a few pointers that I learned from them throughout the years, and, if you look closely enough, you'll see that these are also 10 of the most common habits that can ruin relationships. Watch for them!

8 of the Most Common Habits That Ruin Relationships

Depending on whether or not the relationship was a long-term one and if the break-up was mutual and/or amicable, the thought of letting go and moving on can seem daunting. In order to be able to make the transition as stress-free and as seamless as possible, is it is important that you are able to grieve in a way that is healthy, allowing you to leave any toxic feelings that you may have been harbouring behind and to keep them from resurfacing in the future.

6 Ways To Release Baggage From Old Relationships

Some lovers try to stay inside the love bubble as long as they can by creating their own private culture. They invent a language of their own that nobody else can understand. They share jokes with punch lines that are funny only to them. Within the perceived safety of the bubble, their merge feels at once total and eternal. It was in just such a bubble that film star Ingrid Bergman and her husband, Peter Lindstrom, named their daughter Pia, with the three letters standing for Peter, Ingrid, Always. Alas, the marriage fell apart, but Pia’s name remained a reminder of love’s possibilities and its fragility — always.

Why Falling In Love Makes You Crazy

Everyone knows relationships are easy in the beginning. It's keeping them that way that is, ironically, the hard part. Yet there are those who've done it. Here are 7 relationship tips from couples who've been together for over 5 decades.

7 Relationship Tips from Couples Who Have Been Together For Over 50 Years

Breaking News: Yes, Women Have Casual Sex!

When all the heartbreak & hard work of dating leads you to someone who's in it for the long haul, there will be some sure signs. Here are 17.

17 Signs You’re Dating Someone Who’s in It for the Long Haul

There’s a story that never, unfortunately, gets old. It’s about infidelity & depression during mid-life as a misguided way to get well and find fulfillment.

Depression, Mid-Life Crisis and Infidelity: When Good Men Behave Badly, and Why.

Our culture pours endless energy into beginning relationships well, but very little into ending them well. Here are 6 steps to end your relationship...

A Psychologist Provides 6 Essential Steps on How to END Your Relationship

Many highly intelligent people still argue like children, even though they're the last to realize it. Are you one? Here are 4 psychological signs you know how to argue like an adult, not a child...

4 Psychological Signs You’ve Learned How To Argue Like an Adult, Not a Child

While science, of course, shouldn't be the final arbiter when it comes to the emotional landscape of relationships, what DOES it have to say about them? Here are 5 rules of strong relationships, backed by science.

5 Rules of Strong Relationships

Is The “Argument Free Marriage” an Oxymoron?

Everyone has struggled with it at one time or another: being attracted to people who are wrong for us. People we KNOW are wrong. Here's a brief look at why...

Why We’re Attracted to People Who Are Wrong For Us

Are you in a healthy relationship or not? Here are 20 sure signs you are.

20 Sure Signs You’re in a Healthy Relationship

In love relationships, there is often a BIG difference between the type of love experienced. At the top we have unconditional love; at the bottom, toxicity.

True Love & Toxic Love: 14 Core Differences

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