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 you can cast aside the Prince Charming myth. …
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, going on long drives and spending time with his fam…
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. What is wrong with choosing yourself? Making yours…
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 time which is ideal for preparing yourself for the re…
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 have gone wrong: partnerships that are controllin…
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 get to know yourself. Relationships are our favorit…
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 bring up your feelings? If so, this may be good new…
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 we want, right? But let me tell you, I’ve found ov…
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 dating. One of the perennial debates is whether looks…
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, understanding, a family orientation, good looks. Which w…
Our 3rd Official Gamenight
By. Kianaat Karim An amazing crowd. Interactive games. Authentic connections. A successful night once again! Gamenight CA was hosted at the spacious and welcoming Wyndham Garden in sunny Anaheim Calif…
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 you needed was love? That’s certainly how my husban…
5 Reasons Husbands have a Difficult Time with Emotional Connection
By Cassandra Soars Darren and Heather Turner never thought they would have marriage problems. After all, they were supposed to be helping other couples. Darren was a chaplain in the Army and Heather w…
5 Habits of Emotionally Wealthy Marriages
By Kyle Benson It turns out the number one thing couples fight about is nothing. This not-so-earth-shattering discovery was made in Dr. Gottman’s Love Lab after spending more than 40 years studying ov…
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 lot of time together, with their lives intertwined,…
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 to identify the “core” or “basic” foundations of so…
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 almost seven years ago. Fedde and Ria have been marri…
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 and I had a negative interaction. Because he didn…
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 the high achiever with the fancy degrees. I read a …
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 plumber. Why? Because people who deal with things when…
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 from him (Adam) He created his wife (Hawa), and from…
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 pickers.” They just can’t seem to pick go…
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 marriage doesn’t happen by accident. Marriage requires …
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 agree more. As you might suspect, a nuclear meltdo…
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. Daniel had just moved out. They were both unhappy and …
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 think about as we move forward through the beginni…
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 us who need a big bear hug when we’re stressed mi…
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 like a very frustrating game of chance. And even whe…
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 many emotions that play a role in establishing and …
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 been the most amazing five years. During these fi…