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How to Voice and Set Boundaries in a Relationship
While it’s true that a relationship requires effort from both sides, where do we draw the line? Setting boundaries in a relationship can be a game-changer. It becomes even better when both are entirely vocal about the boundaries they want each other to follow before the problems arise. This strikes a healthy balance where both don’t lose their individuality and feel completely invested in the relationship.
Don't Let Your Phone Ruin Your Relationship: How to Set Technology Boundaries in Your Relationship
Smartphones are a huge invasion of our time — and when it steals the ‘us’ time from your relationship, then it takes an ugly turn. And this is what researchers have dubbed as ‘phubbing.’
Five Ways You Might Be Cheating Emotionally On Your Partner
You would never cheat on your partner, right? You love them, you are committed to them, and you want them to be happy. However, cheating goes beyond physically engaging with someone who is not your partner. Emotional cheating can have the same destructive effects on your partner and on your relationship. So what exactly is emotional cheating?
How to Be Vulnerable: Why It's Important to Be Vulnerable in a Relationship
Vulnerability doesn’t make you weak; instead, it can make you stronger. But a lot of us have been taught from our childhood to bottle up our feelings and not show our emotions. Such repressed feelings eventually lead to contempt and bitterness that can spoil your relationship. A healthy relationship requires both partners to support, appreciate and value each other.
How to Support Your Partner Through Trauma Healing
Relationships are not easy. When you commit to loving a person, you commit to loving them even with all their problems, past experiences, and trauma. You want to help them work through their difficult past and truly heal from it. Trauma healing is a long road, but the good news is that as you and your partner work on it together, your relationship will become stronger than ever. So how can you help your partner heal from past traumas?
Relationship Check-ins: Why They Matter and Questions To Ask for Relationship Health
Having regular check-ins help you to communicate more openly and connect deeply, as they provide the perfect avenue for you and your partner to talk about your needs, wants and feelings. So, what exactly are relationship check-ins?
Green Flags In A Relationship: 5 Signs You Live In A Loving, Strong, And Appreciative Relationship
If red flags are warnings of future problems, green flags, by contrast, and definition, can show us what an amazing person we have chosen to stand with, side by side. But, what are green flags, and how will we notice them?
How to Build Emotional Intimacy in Your Relationship
Intimacy encompasses more than just sex. A fulfilling relationship means both parties feel accepted, heard, and understood by their partner. Building emotional intimacy in any relationship is crucial for it to survive and thrive. If you're feeling a bit disconnected from your partner, here are several ways you can strengthen the connection.
Shaking Off the Complacency of a Fixed Mindset for a Better Relationship with Your Partner
A fixed mindset is the belief that brains are 'hard-wired' and incapable of dramatic change. Individuals with a fixed mindset give up easily, ignore constructive feedback and feel threatened by the success of others.
How to Have a Healthy Long-Distance Relationship
What’s the secret of these couples who manage to have healthy long-distance relationships. The short answer — willingness to go the extra mile to keep the relationship alive.
How to be Sexually Candid
Be honest. Do you know how to talk about sex with your partner? If yes, how much do you talk about it? Our society does little to nothing to encourage sexual candor, even between long-term partners. Our society does not encourage it. However, talking about sex really does help you have better sex and a better relationship. It's a vital part of gaining sexual confidence.
Three Lessons I learned from the Poly Community
How could you love more than one person? How could you feel special if your partner loved someone else? Through her and her relationships, I learned many lessons that I could apply to my own monogamous relationships to make them healthier and myself happier.
How to Manage Conflict
A healthy and happy relationship does not mean 24/7 smiles, cuddles, and sex. Inevitably, an argument or disagreement will arise. I'm sorry to say this, but if there are none, but you might be dating a golden retriever. Maintaining a happy and healthy relationship means knowing how to navigate and engage in conflicts in a compassionate and balanced way.
How to get out of Sex Slumps
Have you gone from active lovers to a sexless couple? It's frustrating, challenging, and disheartening when your desire for sex seems to disappear. Don’t worry this is normal! Pay attention to yourselves and each other, and continue to speak openly about your desires, feelings, and libido.
Make Relationships Better
Stop comparing your relationships to other couple’s highlight reels. You have the freedom to define your relationship. You have the power to establish your standards and values. That being said, relationship standards have changed drastically over time.
Are You Securely Attached to Your Partner?
When it comes to developing meaningful romantic relationships, our early attachments can predict behavior, whether healthy or maladaptive. Learn what your attachment style is.
Couple Goals—Your Guide to What They Are, and Why You Need Them!
Couple goals aren’t just practical. They are a loving space of communication from which we can grow closer with our partners. By spending valuable time sharing our ambitions and future plans, we can then set up a strong framework from which to navigate the relationship as a whole.
7 Inspiring Reasons Why Couples With Shared Goals Go The Distance
Discover the power of setting shared couple goals to strengthen your relationship and achieve your dreams together. Amidst the sea of relationship advice, learn how aligning your aspirations fosters trust and unity, empowering you to navigate life's journey as a cohesive team. Explore the benefits of collaborative goal-setting and nurture a lasting bond built on mutual support and shared accomplishments.
6 Ways to Communicate Without Conflict
When it comes to addressing new ideas or concepts for the future, it can be challenging to ensure both you and your partner feel seen and personally validated. Couples must work steadily through each idea shared without stepping on any toes or triggering any sense of reactivity.
