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Are You in a Codependent Relationship?

Are You in a Codependent Relationship?

Love is unselfish, but how far would you go for your beloved? You might be in a codependent relationship if there is an imbalance of power in the relationship. Codependency is when you are dependent on someone else for your own self-worth. In codependent relationships, one person is generally the “rescuer” and the other is the “rescued”: Rescuer: Finds their self-worth from taking care of…

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Enhance Your Relationship with a Healthy Independence

Enhance Your Relationship with a Healthy Independence

If you’ve ever been in love, you’ve likely experienced the wonderful intimacy you can enjoy in such relationships. The very thought of your partner triggers the most marvelous feelings, and you’re on cloud nine when you catch a glimpse of them. Yet, it’s perfectly okay and even healthy to also be your own person. The hobbies you enjoy, your friends, and the personal adventures you still want to…

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9 Sexy Steps to Making Yourself the Goddess of Your Man’s Desires

9 Sexy Steps to Making Yourself the Goddess of Your Man’s Desires

There’s no surprise that romantic relationships require attention and refinement every so often. As you well know, the longer you’ve been together the more work it requires to keep things fresh and exciting – especially in the bedroom! It’s so easy to fall into routine and familiarity that you might be wondering, “Does my man still want me??” When sex isn’t working and you feel undesired, it can…

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Do You Have a Fear of Love?

Do You Have a Fear of Love?

A fear of love can express itself in many different ways.

You might sit at home on Saturday nights and refuse to let your friends set you up. On the other hand, you might participate on a dozen dating platforms and meet someone for coffee at least three times a week.

While these may sound like two opposite extremes, the outcomes are usually the same. Your defenses keep you from developing…

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Stop Keeping Score: A Foolproof Plan for Taking Score-keeping Out of Your Relationships

Stop Keeping Score: A Foolproof Plan for Taking Score-keeping Out of Your Relationships

Keeping score can poison your relationships. Tallying up your disappointments or giving with expectations of what you’ll receive in return spell trouble for both romance and friendship.

While it’s reasonable to expect some reciprocity, relationships are seldom a matter of 50-50. You’ll probably find that you’re more of a giver or a taker in different relationships at different times so it…

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A Nervous Single’s Guide to Dating After a Long Break

A Nervous Single’s Guide to Dating After a Long Break

Dating after a long break can seem overwhelming. Maybe you’ve been in a long-term relationship that recently ended, or you’ve been following social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Either way, you’re bound to wonder if things have changed while you’ve been away, and whether you’ll be able to adapt.

Like most obstacles to romance, feeling a bit rusty can be overcome if you’re…

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7 Tips to Help Support Your Partner With Anxiety

7 Tips to Help Support Your Partner With Anxiety

If you have fallen in love with someone with anxiety, you may know how difficult life can be for them. Luckily, there are things that you can do to help to support them, making life more joyous for you both.

Consider these ideas:

Avoid trying to fix them.Acknowledge that you are their wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, partner, or lover, and not their therapist. While you can be there to…

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How to Deal With Breaking Up When You’re Still in Love

Breaking up is even sadder when you’re still in love with your soon-to-be ex. However, parting ways may sometimes be a sound decision.

The harsh truth is that a healthy relationship requires more than love. You need to be compatible and respectful toward each other.

Even if you seem like a great match, you may be at different stages of lifeand pursuing conflicting goals. Maybe you want to…

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What Will You Do When Your Partner Stonewalls You?

It can be especially frustrating and distressing when it happens with someone you love. In fact, many relationship experts believe stonewalling is a major contributor to divorce.

If stonewalling is an issue in your relationship, changing the way you communicate is your solution. Try these suggestions for understanding and responding to a partner who stonewalls you.

Understanding…

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7 Relationship Challenges and How to Turn Them Into Wins

Relationships can be challenging. At the beginning, it’s all fun and games, but relationships evolve over time. The ability to handle these bumps in the road effectively determines how successful the relationship will ultimately be. They key is to be prepared for the most common relationship challenges and know how to deal with them.

Let’s take a look at some common obstacles couples face

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8 Tips to Strengthen a Struggling Relationship

All relationships face challenges from time to time. It’s not reasonable to expect that any relationship will be all unicorns and rainbows 24/7. Unfortunately, we don’t receive a lot of instruction on how to deal with challenges in relationships. It certainly wasn’t covered in high school.

But if you want to be in a relationship, it’s necessary to deal with disagreements and struggles that…

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The Authentic Path to Dating

The Authentic Path to Dating: It takes courage to be authentic while dating. You will sometimes get rejected for being yourself. However, you may miss out on genuine love unless you’re willing to take that risk.

It takes courage to be authentic while dating. You will sometimes get rejected for being yourself. However, you may miss out on genuine love unless you’re willing to take that risk.

You probably realize that it’s inauthentic to pretend you’re an astronaut when you’re not even sure what NASA stands for. However, there are subtler ways to be false to yourself and your date.

Do you want to…

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How to Choose and Enforce Boundaries in Dating Relationships

All relationships have boundaries. Some boundaries are discussed, others are assumed, and some are only discovered when they’ve been crossed.

Boundaries are a way of assuring that your needs are met in a relationship. They are also a way of assuring that your values and expectations aren’t violated. Boundaries can preserve your privacy and independence.

Everyone has boundaries, but few…

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How to Build a Trusting Relationship with Your Partner

How to Build a Trusting Relationship with Your Partner

Ask any couple that’s been married for ten years or more and they’ll tell you how important trust is in their relationship. In fact, trust is probably one of the most important aspects of any relationship.

If you need to establish or re-establish trust in your relationship, there are proven techniques you can use to make it happen.Trust, in its simplest definition, is creating a place where…

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13 Easy Things You Can Do to be Romantic

13 Easy Things You Can Do to be Romantic

Romance is common in the early stages of a relationship, but quickly fades when the chase is over. It doesn’t take too long before a relationship suffers from a lack a romance. It certainly doesn’t have to be that way. It’s best if it’s not that way! Keeping the romance alive is important in any intimate relationship.

Fortunately, there are many simple and easy things anyone can do to reintroduce…

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Say Goodbye to Off-and-On Relationships

Say Goodbye to Off-and-On Relationships

From Shakespeare to situation comedies, audiences love to cheer on couples who struggle to say together. Overcoming feuding families, treacherous old flames, and conflicting emotions seems to prove that they’re made for each other.

However, in real life, off-and-on relationships can take a heavy toll on your well-being and happiness.

That’s the conclusion from a recent studyby the…

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5 Great Tips For Making Your 2020 Resolutions Stick

5 Great Tips For Making Your 2020 Resolutions Stick

At this time of year, you may be considering whether you’re going to make a New Year’s resolution. Maybe you’ve made them in the past and lost interest over time. Or perhaps you buckled down and followed through. Either way, you’re now facing the beginning of another new year.

Even if you’re less-than-thrilled with your follow-through in prior years, the new year brings amazing opportunities…

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