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It’s Hard Out There for a Mandalorian

Caregiving in the time of Covid. The year 2020 has exhausted us, and 2021 is just starting to reveal itself. As we grapple with the...

6 Ways to De-Escalate a Heated Argument

Before you do irrevocable damage, de-escalate Sometimes conversations can get out of hand - emotions can run high, hurtful words are...

Family Language Policies: Do We Need Them?

What you need to know when making decisions about languages in the home. Decisions about using more than one language in the family in...

I’m Sorry, But: How Do You Offer a Real Apology?

A real apology holds the potential for repair and healing on all sides. The context of apologies are relationships, be they between...

Myth: You Can’t Love Some Until You Love Yourself

It’s all on the job training... There is a kernel of truth in the notion that to be eligible for a deeply loving relationship, you must...

How to Take a Flirty Relationship to the Next Level

Four ways to kickstart his or her heart. Prolonged eye contact, good natured teasing, and longer than usual chats may signify he or she...

Should You Have a Child?

Questions to help you decide if it’s right for you Many people feel that being a parent is the best part of their life. They well may...

Desperately Seeking Love

How do we become unhealthily dependent on others? Many of us deal with the problems and challenges of life by seeking other people to...

How Pornography Use Affects Couples Sexual Health

Emerging research provides clues on how, and for whom, pornography affects sex. According to a 2018 Gallup poll, pornography use is seen...

Is It Lust, Infatuation, or True Love: A User’s Guide

Are you truly in love, and will it last? Falling in love, and sustaining that loving relationship, is complex. There are many twists and...

Surprising Benefits of Physical Exercise on Sex and Orgasms

Understanding exercise-induced orgasms, “coregasms” and sexercises. Most people know that physical exercise is good for general health...

Parenting and Adolescent Freedom

As the teenager keeps pushing to be let go, parents have to do some holding on. The very breath of adolescent life, freedom of choice, is...

“Is This All There Is?”

4 ways for couples to resist the lament of the COVID era. It’s like a mid-life crisis, except that it is happening to adults of all ages,...

Three Destructive Dynamics to Recognize in Your Marriage

There are a number of dynamics that are incompatible with a viable and loving marriage or long-term relationship. They are relationship...

The Best Predictors for Successful Relationships

Charlie: A recent landmark study that explores the question of what it is that makes relationships successful was recently published in...

Living Apart Together in a Pandemic

How a pre-COVID long-distance romance keeps love alive during the quarantine There’s a stretch of Highway 17 that runs from Hardeeville...

Being a Mirror of Goodness

The medicine for our hurting world is love, and our loving becomes deeply healing when we see and reflect back the innate goodness of...

The #1 Thing to Do to Set Yourself Up for a Better Year

learn to avoid discomfort of all kinds from a very young age and the evading gets perpetuated as we grow into adulthood. As far back as...

How Pleasure May Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolution

New year’s resolutions often meet their fate in the first few weeks of the new year. We make these promises with the intention of...

Your reasons for using Tinder shape your dating experience

Are you using an online app to find potential partners? Why? Are you looking for love? Hoping to have fun? Or maybe you don’t want to...