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…
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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.…
4 Things You Need Besides Love in a Marriage
By Cassandra Soars Remember how you felt when you first fell in love? Remember feeling like your world revolved around the other person and that all y…
How Expectations Affect One’s Happiness in Marriage
By Dianne Grande, Ph.D. A simple way to improve your marriage is to change your expectations. Better yet, drop some of them. If I sound cynical, pleas…
10 Tips for Solving Relationship Conflicts
By Gwendolyn Seidman Ph.D. As anyone who has been in a romantic relationship knows, disagreements and fights are inevitable. When two people spend a l…
Five Truths About Marriage All Couples Need to Understand
By Forrest Talley Ph.D. I was recently asked what the core principles are for building a strong marriage. It’s an interesting question. Trying t…
7 Marriage Secrets of Successful Couples
By: Cassandra Soars Most people know a couple who have a marriage to admire. My husband and I met a lovely Dutch couple in Toronto at a conference alm…
5 Habits of Happily Married Couples
by Cassandra Soars Research shows in order to have a happy marriage, you must do 5 nice things for every negative one. 5 to 1! This morning my husband…
Mastering This Underrated Skill Could Be the Most Transformational Thing You Do for Your Relationship
By Zach Brittle For almost twenty years, my wife and I have been locked in this playful but serious debate about who is smarter. I’m book-smart. I’m t…
A Divorce Lawyer Just Gave Incredibly Powerful Marriage Advice and It’s Only 4 Words Long
By Jessica Stillman If you want to know how to keep your car running, ask a mechanic. If you want the lowdown on caring for your pipes, call your plum…
Advice for the Husband and Wife from Mufti Muhammad Yusuf Danka.
By: Mufti Muhammad Yusuf Danka. Allah has stated in the Holy Qur’an: ‘O Mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, who created you from a single person, and fr…
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…
10 Ways to Make Your Marriage a Priority
By : Sheila Wray Gregoire How do you make your marriage a priority? We talk about it all the time, but how do you actually do it? Having a great marri…
Secret to a Happy Marriage: Put Your Spouse First
By. Mel Robbins The E! reporter, Giuliana Rancic, said putting her husband first, and the baby second is the secret to her happy marriage. I couldn’t …
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…
How To Show Your Partner They’re Loved, Based On Their Love Language
By Kelsey Borresen In relationships, people tend to show love to a partner in the way they’d personally most like to receive it. For example, those of…
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…
16 Secrets To Staying In That Honeymoon Phase Your Whole Life
By Tyson Popplestone In November this year my wife Jessie and I will celebrate five years of marriage. I’m lucky to be able to say it really has…
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…
Relationship experts say these are the 8 red flags to look out for when you start dating someone — and some are surprisingly common
Any new relationship is full of challenges. You’re getting to know someone, and there’s no telling when something might happen to burst th…
Making Contact: How to Play It Cool without Cooling It Off
Open communication is one of the most integral parts of a relationship, but in the early stages it can also be the most cumbersome. How many times hav…
How to Improve Your Relationships With Mindfulness
“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay.” — Dalai Lama Do you have trouble understanding relationships? If so, t…