It’s one of the dirty little secrets of relationships:
Just how hard it is to live together AND be nice to each other.
Home is the place you go to get rid of your stress. [Read more…] about 3 Steps to Stop Stress Fighting in a Relationship
How to Navigate Your Differences
Coping with Conflict
Help! We’re Driving Each Other Crazy
The problem with spending too much time with your loved ones…
Is driving each other crazy.
You love each other as long as the amount of time you spend together doesn’t exceed your emotional capacity. [Read more…] about Help! We’re Driving Each Other Crazy
It’s Okay to Fight with Your Kids
This morning, my daughter and I had a fight.
It was one of our perpetual fights. Her hair, luscious and thick, turns into a rat’s nest if it’s not brushed out each night.
When I style it in the morning, I have to brush it smooth. That’s when everything goes wrong. [Read more…] about It’s Okay to Fight with Your Kids
4 Rules for Dealing with Nasty Communication from an Ex
Standing up for myself makes me want to die.
I end up shaking inside. My body aches all over.
I have this irrational fear that I’m going to get punished for saying anything. You’re not supposed to call anyone out. [Read more…] about 4 Rules for Dealing with Nasty Communication from an Ex
Are You 100% Responsible for Your Relationship? The Short Answer
You’ve heard it before:
The way to have a successful relationship is to take 100% responsibility for everything that happens within that relationship.
You may not be able to change another person, but you can always change yourself. [Read more…] about Are You 100% Responsible for Your Relationship? The Short Answer
Why I’m Attracted to Narcissists
Hello, my name is Amy, and I date narcissists.
You’d think I’d have figured this out before now.
I mean, I’ve been dating narcissists since my mid-twenties…
And I NEVER knew until recently. [Read more…] about Why I’m Attracted to Narcissists
What to Do When Your Boyfriend Yells at You
You’re driving down the street.
Listening to music, drifting with your thoughts.
It’s a leafy residential area with cars parked on either side. There’s not much room to drive.
You spot a car coming towards you [Read more…] about What to Do When Your Boyfriend Yells at You
Do Feminists Deserve Love, Too?
I got caught up in the tailwind of a discussion the other day…
on whether feminism had ruined dating.
The thrust of the argument was this: [Read more…] about Do Feminists Deserve Love, Too?
Do You Get Caught in the Explanation Trap?
If only you could figure him out.
If you knew what was going through his head.
What it meant when he said X. What it meant when he did Y.
Then you’d never have to feel stressed about your relationship again. [Read more…] about Do You Get Caught in the Explanation Trap?
3 Skills You Must Have to Love Someone from a Different Country or Culture
Would you fall in love with someone who couldn’t speak English?
Would you fall in love with someone who asked you to move to another country with them?
Would you fall in love with someone with a different skin color? [Read more…] about 3 Skills You Must Have to Love Someone from a Different Country or Culture
When Your Mother-In-Law is Driving You Crazy
Jennifer was embarrassed to admit it.
“I was lucky. I never had to deal with a mother-in-law. She died about three months before I met my husband.” Jennifer paused. “I’m sure I would have liked her, but would she have liked me?” [Read more…] about When Your Mother-In-Law is Driving You Crazy
Love without Pain (Video) with Joyce Schafers
Why do relationships have to hurt so much?
We certainly don’t fall in love because we want to get hurt. But when’s the last time you had a relationship that DIDN’T hurt?
Even great relationships end up twisting or stomping on our hearts. [Read more…] about Love without Pain (Video) with Joyce Schafers
How to Deal with What Other People Think of You
I used to think it was me.
I knew what other people thought about me. They weren’t exactly covert about it. The less they liked me, the more they found opportunities to make snarky comments. The larger the audience, the better. [Read more…] about How to Deal with What Other People Think of You
Cross Cultural Relationships with Joe Lurie (Video)
There’s nothing as sexy as someone from a different country or culture.
They’ve got the accent. The exotic look. The ability to jolt you out of complacency and make your everyday world seem magical.
But is the reality of a cross-cultural relationship as appealing as the fantasy? [Read more…] about Cross Cultural Relationships with Joe Lurie (Video)
Do Women Have the Right to Get Mad?
Rebecca Traister wants you to get good and mad.
“In the United States, we have never been taught how noncompliant, insistent, furious women have shaped our history and our present, our activism and our art. We should be,” she says. [Read more…] about Do Women Have the Right to Get Mad?
