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Things to Know About Your Partner Before You Tie the Knot
Marriage is a beautiful journey filled with close partnerships, growth, and love. As any relationship, marriage comes with its own set of challenges.
Toeing the Line: Is My Partner Protective or Jealous?
In relationships, a certain level of care and protectiveness is often welcome. It can feel good to know your partner looks out for you and is invested in your well-being.
A Guide to Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity
Infidelity can be one of the most painful experiences in a relationship. It may even feel that after this major betrayal of trust, all hope is lost for the continuation of a healthy partnership.
Clashing Opinions: How to Navigate Your Relationship Amid Familial Disapproval
Relationships are filled with many challenges and complications just on their own, but they become even more strenuous when you add in familial disapproval of your partner.
What to Do If You're Ready for Marriage But Your Partner Is Not
Marriage is often seen as the natural next-step in a long-term, committed relationship. But what happens when you are ready to take the leap, and your partner is not?
Learning to Trust: Overcoming Barriers to Open Up to Your Partner
Trust is the foundation for any healthy relationship. It creates a sense of security, strengthens emotional intimacy, and allows for vulnerability.
Is There a Such Thing As Being "Too Picky" When It Comes to Your Love Life?
In the wonderful world of dating, we may find ourselves asking, "Will I ever find the one?" or, "Am I being too picky?"
Talking Through It: How Premarital Counseling Is Key for Healthy Communication
Marriage is a significant and lasting commitment that a person can make. While love is often (and hopefully) the foundation of marriage, it is not the only thing necessary for the success of the relationship.
Are There Any Warning Signs That Your Partner Is Being Unfaithful?
How we can spot infidelity? Short answer: we can't. People who are cheating tend to be really sneaky, covering their tracks well.
People Pleasing: How It Could Be Affecting Your Romantic Relationships
In romantic relationships, we may find ourselves bending over backwards for our partner. We will do whatever it takes to make them happy, even at the sacrifice of our own well-being.
How to Work Through Insecurity with Your Partner
Insecurity, while an uncomfortable feeling, is a pretty common experience in relationships. Jealously, fear of abandonment, and a constant need for reassurance are often signs of relationship insecurity.
4 Ways to Keep Your Career from Affecting Your Relationship
Within a fast-paced and high pressure world, lines blur between work and home life. It's easy for professional responsibilities to overpower personal relationships.
Is It Emotional Cheating or Friendship?
Within the wide landscapes of romantic relationships, boundaries between friendship and emotional cheating can often be blurred.
The Importance of Using Premarital Counseling to Establish Boundaries
Boundaries can range from being easily understood and respected to intangible and blurred. In a relationship, boundary-setting can cause issues and strain, making it difficult to move forward and increase satisfaction.
What to Do If You Can't Get Past Your Partner's Infidelity
Infidelity can be the most painful, heartbreaking, and strenuous situation that any couple has to face. The betrayal of the one person you trust the most can lead to confusion, grief, loss, and, most likely, anger.
Red Flags and Why They May Seem Appealing in the Beginning of a Relationship
New relationships are fun, with feelings of anticipation and excitement for budding romance. You may start to see the world in rose-colored glasses, which may cloud your judgment.
5 Ways that Premarital Counseling Can Help Resolve Marital Fights
We've heard it before — all relationships have conflict and all couples fight. Being married is no exception. What if there were a way to learn how to manage these arguments before they escalate?
Is Body Image Affecting Your Relationship? Here Are Some Helpful Tips
Body image is a subjective view of how we perceive and feel about our bodies. Our perceptions of our physicalities can influence our self-esteem and overall well-being.
The Importance of Coordinating Your Life Goals Before Marriage
Marriage is not only the union between two individuals, but it is also the merging of dreams, aspirations, and life plans that you hope to share with your partner. Creating a life together is possible with mutual trust and support of one another.
How to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Successful
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder," right? While this may be true, it does not mean long-distance relationships are easy.