Most of us are pretty good at spotting avoidant attachment, narcissists, gaslighting, and emotional unavailability. A delayed text can send us down a rabbit hole of psychoanalysis and have us interrogating someone’s... Read more »
Sometimes the sex is incredible even when the relationship is a mess. Research may help explain why the two can go together. Source link Read more »
After over 12 years of facilitating couples therapy with hundreds of couples, my advice for a healthy monogamous relationship is to stay romantically focused on your partner. Especially in Los Angeles or... Read more »
Most people expect that once established, a long-term romantic relationship should be exclusive. All other potentially romantic connections should be severed, and the couple should be able to move on with their... Read more »
If you currently find yourself in a relationship where conflict has become the norm, moments of peace are short-lived, and anxiety feels like your baseline, chances are you’re exhausted. But you are... Read more »
The argument ends the way arguments often do now: two people in separate rooms, holding separate phones. One opens a chatbot and types out the fight. The calm, understanding reply arrives in... Read more »
Most humans no longer experience artificial intelligence (AI) as dramatic. What felt like a grand technological revolution in 2022 is gradually becoming a standard asset in our life, labor, and leisure. We... Read more »
There is a particular kind of loneliness that gets almost no airtime in relationship research: the loneliness of being with someone who doesn’t quite see you. Not someone cruel, not someone absent.... Read more »
It is a heartbreaking feeling. You are sitting right next to your partner, yet you feel completely alone. You haven’t had a major fight, but something feels deeply off. The vibrant connection... Read more »
In the midst of a loss, it’s very easy to see what’s being taken and difficult to see what’s being given. In my life, I understood that every family will experience loss,... Read more »