How to Have Difficult Conversations Without It Turning Into a Full Fight
You’ve been rehearsing the conversation in your head for days. You know what you need to say. You…
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What Codependency Really Means and How to Recognize It in Yourself
Codependency is one of those words that has spread far enough to lose precision. It gets applied to…
The Role of Humor in Long-Term Relationship Satisfaction
Ask anyone what they’re looking for in a partner and “sense of humor” comes up near the top,…
How to Support a Partner Who Is Struggling With Their Mental Health
Watching someone you love struggle with their mental health is a specific kind of helplessness. You can see…
Why People Fall for the Same Type of Person Over and Over Again
You swore after the last one that you were done with that type. Too unavailable, too critical, too…
How to Know When It’s Time to Let Go of a Friendship
Ending a friendship is one of the socially unscripted experiences of adult life. There are cultural rituals for…
Signs You Might Be in a Relationship with a Narcissist (And What to Do)
The word gets thrown around so frequently that it’s lost some of its meaning. Someone who’s selfish, someone…
How to Navigate Relationships When You and Your Partner Have Very Different Values
You agree on almost everything in the day-to-day — how to spend weekends, what kind of food to…
What Twin Flames Are and Why the Concept Is More Complicated Than It Sounds
The term gets used constantly in certain corners of the internet — twin flames, the idea that somewhere…
The 3-3-3 Dating Rule: Does It Actually Work or Is It Just Hype?
Dating rules have a long history of promising clarity in a process that resists it. Wait three days…