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Are You Obsessed with the Idea of a Fairy Tale Relationship? July 3, 2015 . 9 Comments
Many little girls grow up dreaming of being in a fairy tale relationship, being swept off their feet by the perfect gentleman and living happily ever after. As boys get older, they, too, ... Read More
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Help! A Decade Later, I Just Found Out My Husband Has 2 Kids June 19, 2015 . 15 Comments
What an incredible breach of trust. Not only did he lie to you about not having kids, which I’m sure made sense to him at the time, but he perpetuated the lie by actively hiding an ... Read More
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Affair Recovery: 5 Steps to Repairing Your Relationship June 18, 2015 . 38 Comments
Coping with an affair is one of the greatest challenges a couple might face. Some people choose not to try to cope and instead leave the relationship feeling devastated by unprocessed anger ... Read More
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Empathic Curiosity: How DBT Builds Better Relationships June 17, 2015 . 3 Comments
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is generally described as a skills-based treatment, a type of cognitive behavioral therapy, and an intensive team-based approach to help people who have ... Read More
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Relationship Advice: Can Ethical Porn Enhance Your Sex Life? June 12, 2015 . 13 Comments
Most Americans believe that watching porn is morally wrong (Green, 2014). According to data from the Public Religion Research Institute, only 23% of American women approve of pornography ... Read More
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Is the MBTI a Good Indicator of Relationship Compatibility? May 26, 2015 . 8 Comments
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality type classification questionnaire based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types. For the past several decades, it has been ... Read More
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She’s Everything I Want in a Woman—Except She’s Religious May 22, 2015 . 17 Comments
Can relationships between people who share very different faiths work? Absolutely—but only if they also share a profound respect for one another and their respective beliefs. Does your ... Read More
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Navigating the Dating World with a Chronic Illness May 20, 2015 . 17 Comments
A 28-year-old woman sits across the room from me. Recently diagnosed with bipolar, she is slowly but surely accepting her diagnosis. With a perplexed look, she asks, “But what, exactly, ... Read More
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Help! I Love My Wife, but I Don’t Like Having Sex with Her May 15, 2015 . 201 Comments
Thank you for your very honest question. This is, obviously, a sensitive topic. But you might take heart in the fact it is not all that uncommon an issue among couples. In this case, it ... Read More
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3 Simple Ways LGBT Couples Can Revive Their Sex Lives May 15, 2015 . 12 Comments
Remember when you were first dating your partner and the sex was hot, heavy, and frequent? As time passed and you and your partner slowly built a life together, the initial passion might ... Read More
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Don’t Judge Me: Embracing Your Partner’s Differences May 12, 2015 . 13 Comments
The ability to discern what we like or dislike is an important part of being an individual. It is enriching to have choices about what to eat, what we like to wear, how to decorate our ... Read More
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10 Effective Time-Out Strategies for Managing Your Anger May 5, 2015 . 8 Comments
Relationships can be challenging at times. There will always be periods when we get upset, when we feel that our needs and wants are not being met. Intimate relationships are particularly ... Read More