By A Jamil, 20th March, 2019 Finding the ‘one’ is probably one of the biggest challenges that both single Muslim men and women still experie…
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Do not complicate the marriage process
By Natalia Sala, 14th February 2019 Marriage is a relationship and an act of worship, it is not an auction to the highest bidder or the one who appear…
5 Reasons You Need to Stop Believing in Prince Charming
Are you still looking for Prince Charming? Do you expect your husband to be Prince Charming? Married life will actually be a lot better if…
Muslim, millennial and single: A generation struggles to find love
By Abigail Hauslohner February 14, 2018 at 8:19 AM EST ANAHEIM, Calif. — Osman Aslam has tried the apps. On Minder, he wrote he enjoys hiking, g…
Not Your Parents’ Marriage – Advice for Muslim Relationships in the Modern Era
Editorial Note: Zainab F. Chaudary wrote a post, “Girl Bachelor” for the Love, InshAllah blog that struck a real nerve with readers around the world. …
Are You Prepared for Marriage and Building a Family?
Source: https://muslimmatters.org/2019/04/10/are-you-prepared-for-marriage-and-family/ Published: April 10, 2019 By Mona Aslam High School is that tim…
What Does a Healthy Relationship Look Like?
By Andrea Bonior Ph.D. Much of my professional career has involved speaking, writing, and interpreting research about how to handle relationships that…
Why You Need to Get to Know Yourself BEFORE a Relationship
By Kacey Mya Bradley When you love someone, you learn all the little details… but when we’re single, we often neglect this same step. It’s time to g…
6 Surprising Ways to Communicate Better With Your Partner
By F..Diane Barth L.C.S.W Are you having trouble talking about your feelings with someone you love? Does your partner run the other way any time you b…
How to Get Clear on What You Want in a Partner
By Sara Davenport I don’t know about you, but doesn’t it seem like getting clear about what we want should be the easy part? We should just know what …
Building Attraction: Which Matters More, Looks or Personality?
Building Attraction: Which Matters More, Looks or Personality? By DR. Nerdlove There’s a lot of debate about building attraction when it comes to dat…
Why Physical Attraction Matters, and When It Might Not
By Madeline A Fugere Ph.D. Consider the characteristics that are often considered desirable in a mate—a sense of humor, intelligence, kindness, unders…
11 tips for Muslim couples dealing with marital disputes in the West
By Abdul Malik Mujahid Marriages usually start off so nicely. Everyone cooperates-the couple, their parents, other relatives, friends. Things usually …
10 Habits of Happy Muslim Couples
By Zaynab Chinoy What does it take to stay Muslim, married and extremely happy today? As oxymoronic as that just sounded, believe it or not, it’s abso…
How long should I wait before asking to meet up?
By Fran Creffield So you’ve found a match you’re interested in and the feeling is mutual – but now what? Meeting an online match in person is the cruc…
The Spark is Missing!
People are quick to point to the aptly named “spark” as being the problem in almost all relationships beyond the exciting wedding and honeymoon phase.…
What to Look For in a Partner
By PsychAlive The question “what are you looking for in a relationship partner?” may seem like an easy one to answer. Common attributes that come to m…
10 Tips to Help You Pick a Good Partner
By: Barton Goldsmith Ph.D. Tips for making good choices about dating, relating and mating. Some people have what I have come to call “broken pic…
The Danger of Sliding Instead of Deciding to Get Married
By Dr. Marni Feuerman, LCSW, LMFT Daniel and Sarah came to me for couples therapy because they were uncertain about the future of their marriage. Dani…
The Compatibility Factor: Questions to Ask Yourself and Your Potential Spouse
By Kianaat Karim Contributor(s) Maliha Malik When it comes to choosing a spouse for the rest of your life, there are some things that we don’t always …
The One Thing Any Couple Can Do for Better Connection and Intimacy
By Luis Congdon If love were enough, all couples would be happy. The simple truth is relationships take work. Most of us are willing to spend hours pe…
How Do You Know If You’re Ready For Marriage?
Step 1: Ask yourself these 13 questions. By Zach Brittle Q: How do you know you’re ready for marriage? —A.G. A: There’s no one way to know, but if yo…
Three Pieces Of Marriage Advice You Should Actually Listen To
By Michael Griswold Inside most of us is the yearning desire to find that one person with whom we can spend the rest of our lives. We long to grow old…
How to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Work, According to Experts
By Jo Piazza I may be standing on top of a mountain in New Zealand, 7,000 miles away from my husband, but I don’t think we’ve ever been happier or fel…
The Best Relationship Advice I Ever Received
By Sheiresa Ngo Relationships are hard. They take a lot of dedication, focus, and work. Finding the right person to settle down with can often feel li…
Gratitude and the Nurturing of Relationships
By Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D., and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D. Relationships are living entities that need to be fed so as to remain healthy. There are m…
The Four Horsemen: The Antidotes
By Ellie Lisitsa All relationships, even the most successful ones, have conflict. It is unavoidable. Fortunately, our research shows that it’s not the…
Three Techniques to Read People
As a psychiatrist my job is to read people, not just what they say, but who they are. Interpreting verbal and nonverbal cues, I want to see past their…
This Is The Truth About Fear
Fear is something we learn to live with; whether it is fear of a conversation, fear of a choice, fear of hurt, or fear of consequences. It’s there and…
6 Ways to Deal with the Pain of Being Ghosted
Maya* was frustrated, upset, and confused. She had met a guy and gone out on a few dates and thought the relationship was progressing nicely, but then…