Relationships & Love Articles

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• Intimate Relationships As a Vehicle for Growth
  The old paradigm for couples was pretty simple: The man went to work, brought home the money and paid ...
• Daddies Do Make A Difference
  “Congratulations on your wife’s pregnancy,” I said to an acquaintance I ran into in the parking lot at the grocery store. ...
• Constancy, Care and Courage: The 3 Cs of Successful Fathering
  Fathers Day is coming around again. On the third Sunday of June in the U.S., ...
• How and Why Humor Differs Between the Sexes
  This article has been excerpted from the book Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve, by Nichole Force, M.A. ...
• Future Babble
  At the end of the movie Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown says to Marty and his girlfriend “Your futures haven’t been written yet; no one's has; so make it a good one”. ...
• 15 Insights on Improving Mother-Daughter Relationships
  Mother-daughter relationships are complex and diverse. Some mothers and daughters are best friends. Others talk once a week. Some see ...
• Competition Among Women: Myth and Reality
  Women seem to have a reputation for being “catty” and competitive with other women, unlike how men behave with other ...
• 10 Way to Build and Preserve Better Boundaries
  Boundaries are essential to healthy relationships and, really, a healthy life. Setting and sustaining boundaries is a skill. ...
• Turning Acquaintances Into Friends
  Lonely? Go on an Internet search for how to meet new people and you’ll find dozens of sites. You know the ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• Lack of Safety Net for LGBT Couples Causes Stress
  The "straight safety net" involves both hetero-normative assumptions and heterosexual privilege (defined below). These create often-unacknowledged ...
• Crisis of Confidence in a Teen: It’s a Family Matter
  The characters in the following vignette are fictitious. They were derived from a composite of people ...
• When One Bipolar Marries Another: An Interview with Shannon Flynn
  Today I have the honor of interviewing Shannon Flynn, who works at the National Institute of Mental ...
• How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old
  As anyone who has ever cared for an elderly person can attest, time takes its role in the aging process very seriously.  For caregivers, be they family members or medical professionals, finding a way to ...
• 21 Tips to Stop Being a People-Pleaser
  People-pleasers “want everyone around them to be happy and they will do whatever is asked of them to” ...
• 11 Hints for Resolving Relationship Irritations
  Dirty socks left on the floor — the fifth time this week — texting during your dinner date, forgetting ...
• Parenting As a Team When You’re Living Apart
  Perhaps your wife or husband is deployed. Or maybe one of you had to take a job in ...
• Understanding and Managing Your Controlling Mother
  You are 35 years old and your mom is still trying to run your life. She doesn’t approve of your boyfriend. She thinks your best ...
• Marriage Communication: 3 Common Mistakes and How To Fix Them
  Good communication is the foundation of a strong marriage. Many marriages could be saved if ...
• Adult Asperger’s: The Relief of A Diagnosis
  The following are criteria for Aspergers that have been excerpted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV): Qualitative ...
• 7 Ways To Make Interfaith Relationships Work
  “People try to minimize the differences when they’re in love,” says Joel Crohn, Ph.D., author of Mixed ...
• The Books That Changed These 6 Psychologists’ Lives
  It's hard not to imagine that books have the power to change our perspectives and even our lives. ...
• 9 Psychologist-Approved Must-Reads on Mental Health
  Psychologists are a discerning bunch when it comes to books. Because of their insider’s view of mental ...
• The Squeaky Wheel: Complaining the Right Way to Get Results
  Have you ever noticed how good you feel when something gets resolved after complaining about it?  Conversely, if a solution is not reached do you oftentimes feel worse than you did before? Be it in our ...
• Marriage Communication: How Does It Work?
  A good marriage thrives on the open exchange of emotion, desires, and beliefs. In fact, communication is one of the ...