The dating scene can be a daunting place. You might find yourself thinking about whether a new partner will like you, if you’ll click, and what image you project to others.
Trust is one of the most important building blocks of a successful relationship. It’s a social contract we enter with everyone from our parents to our children, our coworkers to our partners
It’s hard to know ourselves. During childhood, some of us were only viewed through our flaws. Others weren’t encouraged to develop a deep sense of identity growing up.
Sometimes, we don’t actively participate in our relationships. We might live life on autopilot without looking at our communication patterns and identifying our emotions. When this happens, our relationships can suffer.
Every relationship has its ups and downs. Avoiding conflict forever isn’t really a feasible goal. In fact, sometimes, it can actually be a good thing for couples to argue in a productive way.
Our feelings are part of what makes us human. But it can be frustrating when you don’t feel in control of them, especially when you’re having tough conversations.
It’s normal for long-term relationships to lose passion when kids, work, and the humdrum of life’s responsibilities get in the way. But that doesn’t mean the spark is gone forever.
Everybody makes mistakes, especially in relationships. But if you’ve been feeling stuck, making the same missteps in all your relationships, you might not be learning from them.
While breakups are tough, they actually teach us a lot about ourselves. You learn what you want from relationships, how you communicate with others, and how to avoid making the same mistakes.
At this point, you might have even dismissed it as just another relationship cliché. But does research actually back up the idea that you should never go to bed angry?
