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Do You Thank Your Partner? Recognizing Resistance-Understanding Benefits
“ Why Can’ t You Just Say, Thanks?” If this sounds familiar it is because most of us have said it or heard it. Most people want to feel appreciated, particularly by the person closest to them but too...
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Six Simple Resolutions for Enhancing Your Relationship
No one just shows up for a good relationship and relationships don’t just get better because time passes. It is what we do during that time that helps heal and enhance our relationships. Over the last...
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Should I End My Relationship? Important Considerations
The question of whether to end a relationship, be it a 20 year marriage or a 5 year commitment, is a painful and complicated one. It is a question that often implies loss, fear of judgment, sense of...
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Improve Your Relationship: Know When It is Best Not to Say Anything!
Whether you have just begun dating or you are celebrating a Golden Anniversary, most partners are aware that communication is a crucial component in relationship happiness and satisfaction. Most...
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The Burden of The Perfect Partner: A Closer Look
If you are looking for the perfect partner or trying to be one – think twice. Perfection is painfully unrealistic for individuals and emotionally costly for couples. While there is no doubt that...
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Are You Invalidating Your Partner – Without Realizing It?
Probably the hardest things to change are the things we don’t realize we’re doing – like invalidating our partner. Thanks to a plethora of self-help books on relationships, most partners, whether...
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Renovate Your Relationship: Replace Unsafe Couple Dynamics
Regardless of how new or old your relationship, most couples can benefit from changing relationship dynamics that cause marital deterioration. In a recent study in The Journal of Family Psychology,...
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Re-Connect With an Ex? Crucial Considerations
Recycling is a good idea, except when it comes to relationships. Regardless of what people tell themselves about the time invested, the good times missed, the great sex, or the feeling that things will...
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Reducing Marital Stress Helps Children Return to School
When children head back to school this year, they should not be carrying emotional baggage from home. When we worry about how our children will handle school- what they will face and how they will...
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How Different Are the Private and Public Versions of Your Relationship?
Almost everyone has felt the shock of hearing that a couple that seemed “so great together” was breaking up. It can also be just as shocking to observe the public interaction of a couple only to...
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An Asset to Couple Intimacy: The Capacity “To Be Alone”
While the definition of intimacy may vary depending on the relationship, it is generally felt to be the “ authentic” connection between two people. As such, the connection reflects a mutuality of...
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When Couples Stop Talking: Reasons and Remedies
Most couples know the positive sounds of silence–the mutual experience of sharing time and space together without needing words. Be it walking the dog together, cooking side by side or listening to...
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Raising Teens Without Ruining Your Marriage: Three Principles
Whereas most people are warned that the blessed event of a new baby may challenge the romance in their marriage – not enough warning is given to parents of teens. Lulled by the relative calm of the...
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Survive the First Four Years of Marriage: Use Anger Management
We know that only half of all first marriages make it. What we often don’t recognize is that the first four years seem to be important ones in shaping, making or breaking a marital relationship....
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In a Relationship-Love Means Being Able to Say “NO”
Can you say NO to your partner? Can you tolerate hearing NO? In a relationship, the freedom to say NO may be one of the most important dynamics your share. If there is no space for NO, there really is...
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Reducing Post-Romantic Stress in Two Ways
Regardless of whether they are young or old, if you ask partners about their Honeymoon, you hear and see a spark of that romantic excitement that makes time together magical when you have found that...
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Will You Be Making Up or Breaking Up After Valentine’s Day?
It goes without saying that opportunities to celebrate the people we love are good things. In some ways Valentine’s Day is one of those opportunities. At the same time Valentine’s Day might also be...
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Why Can’t We Just Say “Thank You” to Our Partners?
Money and sex are often considered prime factors in couple conflict and unhappiness. Yet an important but overlooked factor that erodes relationships is the lack of expressed appreciation. It’s not...
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Partner Personality Traits Over The Years: Surprising Findings
The question of whether similar or dissimilar personality traits are a source of romantic attraction and marital satisfaction has been debated for years. Do opposites attract or do birds of a feather...
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Is There Room For Forgiveness in Your Relationship?
What is Forgiveness in a Relationship? With couples, forgiveness implies the recognition that although one has been hurt by the other, there is willingness to release the negative thoughts and feelings...
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