Couples separate for many reasons and often, it’s the best decision they can make to save their relationship. When your living environment becomes toxic with high-stress, resentments, arguments, and pressure, it becomes…
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Depression impacts everyone differently and can manifest in relatively unnoticeable or dramatically apparent ways. It can be challenging to identify depression in oneself without extensive self-reflection, but it can be more so for the partner of one experiencing depression.
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People choose to engage in couples therapy for a variety of reasons. You may feel that you and your partner have lost the intimate connection that you used to share, or you may have reoccurring issues that you just can’t seem to deal with or move on from. Whatever your reasons, it is likely that…
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Dealing with disagreements and issues within a romantic relationship is never easy, especially since most people are scared or unwilling to admit that they may need help.
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It’s the age-old question: can we really be “just friends” with a person from the opposite sex? Traditionally, the answer has always been a straightforward “no”. However, does this wisdom still ring true today?
What the Research Says
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When you live and do life with another person in close proximity, whether it is in marriage or partnership, it can be a perplexing blend of wonderful and hard. Especially in marriage, when you’ve formed strong emotional bonds through the euphoria of dating, …
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How selfless or altruistic are you? Enough to be considered a good person? What about enough to create lasting and fulfilling relationships, both romantically and platonically? Try as you might, your answer may actually not be enough. Everything from poor listening skills to procrastinating on a Venmo payment may have detrimental ripple effects for you and your loved ones.
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Sex can be an uncomfortable topic to discuss, even for two people in a committed marital relationship. However, it shouldn’t be, especially when things are not going well. Some define a sexless marriage as occurring when couples engage in sexual activity 10 times or less during a year. However, others disagree with the rigidity of the definition of “sexual intimacy.”
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“It’s been one of those days where everything went wrong. The first thing in the morning, my wife Gina was in one of her moods and didn’t have any time to listen to me about how stressful work has become lately. Traffic was terrible, and when I finally arrived for work 15 minutes late, the computer at my desk crashed.
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Porn has become extremely prevalent in the world of the 21st century. The popular porn website Pornhub recently announced that it receives nearly 42 billion visits to its website annually. Taking into account that there are only around 8 billion people on earth, that is a huge number.
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For many, dating is the part of a relationship that takes you into marriage. In the early days, it is a way of spending time with your new love interest, getting to know them, wooing them.
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With a few more weeks of quarantine left ahead, chances are you and your partner are starting to get on each others’ nerves. During this challenging time, it’s crucial to focus on building friendship and intimacy within your relationship so that it not only survives but actively thrives. Here are a few tips to help you with this:
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At first glance, the thought of being hunkered down together with our partner during the COVID-19 outbreak likely makes us feel comforted, safe and secure.
However, being around our partner 24/7 for an extended period of time can put a strain on even the healthiest of relationships.
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As the Coronavirus looms and inside time becomes a public duty, couples of all types are struggling to find creative ways to have fun and stay engaged in their relationships. While it sounds difficult to have a successful date night in these uncertain times, we have found several great ideas that are both fun and a great opportunity to strengthen your relationship.
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Modern life is incredibly busy, and between balancing job needs, family needs, and individual needs, it can often be difficult to remember to make time for our partners.
In fact, it can be quite easy to start taking them for granted. This change between them holding a key spot in our lives, to adopting more of a secondary role occurs so gradually that it’s hard to see it even happening.
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Having children can feel like a full-time job, and while it’s certainly true that your children will flourish under loving attention, other important aspects of your life can fall by the wayside.
According to research by Dr. John Gottman, the nation's top marriage expert, 67% of new parents experience a precipitous drop in couple satisfaction in the first three years of the baby’s life.
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The third essential for a long lasting love is managing conflict. Expecting conflict to be completely eliminated from your relationship is an unrealistic expectation. All relationships have conflict and conflict can actually be a good thing in a relationship. If couples can learn to find the deeper meaning and goals underneath conflict they can begin to understand their partner better and make your goals and dreams come true together.
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The second essential for a long lasting love is intimacy. But what does intimacy really mean? Is it feeling close with your partner, sharing your deepest emotions or making love? How do you build intimacy in your relationship to have long lasting love?
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One of the great mysteries in life is how to make love last a lifetime. Relationships are hard and conflict is inevitable. We all have to manage stress related to work, family, and daily living.
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Jennifer and Dave have been married for 3 years. “We have a huge argument every December right around the holidays,” complains Jennifer.
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