A whole list of disasters blew two years of planning—and showed me what mattered.
I didn’t get the importance of laughter until I was flat on the floor.
Mining the existential truths and emotional skills of the poly set.
If you married your high-school or college sweetheart, keep in mind these challenges and strategies.
If you want to know how to do marriage, ask the people who’ve been doing it for decades.
Attaching to baby often means distancing from your spouse. Here’s how to stay connected as a couple.
Look beneath the role you tend to play in relationship, then beneath that, and so on, until you see the hilarity of it all.
Marriage goes far beyond spouse and children. Your family, friends, and entire community have a stake.
There’s a very clear line between disagreeing with your partner and emotionally abusing her.
How to figure out what you really want, and communicate it to your partner, before resentment sets in.
Witnessing and containing a lover’s anger is rare gift few can give, but the potential for healing is remarkable.
In the natural world, the strongest elements know how to bend and not break. Do you?
Yes, his collection of Game of Thrones figurines is super-weird, but if you love him, make room for it.
Taking on extra responsibility makes you no better than anyone else. Do it out of love or skip it.
Hope versus doubt, or the conundrum of cognitive dissonance for the engaged couple.
Instead of giving in, butting heads, or walking away, figure out that one specific thing you are so unwilling to let go of.
Wives spend four times more hours doing laundry than their husbands. Not in my house, they don’t.
At root, cheating is usually not about our current relationship or a shiny new lover. It’s about our self-image.
It’s not your birthday or even your bank balance. If you want it to last, keep your credit score high.
The surprisingly simple question that can turn an argument into a constructive discussion.
Overwrought? Put-upon? Carrying a too-heavy load? The sooner you stop, the better off everyone will be.
Stay focused, avoid extreme statements, lay off the character assaults, and remember the toothpaste.
If you want to stay married, look out for these four common behaviors and replace them right quick.
Do you sometimes doubt your love? Great, that means you have a functioning brain.
The way you start a fight says a lot about your relationship’s future, so when you come out swinging, keep it clean.
It’s the small daily omissions that erode a relationship. How I finally learned to show up and tell the truth.
The waxing and waning is not cause for alarm, compatibility is key, and the possibilities are endless.
Post this on your fridge. Walk to fridge during your next fight. Follow the directions.
If you want to stay together, remember this equation: Five good things for every bad one.
Stop dissecting the drama, and instead look forward and get playful about the future you want to create.
Beneath the provoking, accusing, defending, and yelling lies an instinct telling you, “Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.”
The first step to better relationships is disengaging from the bully in your own mind.
The better your boundaries, the freer you are to care for yourself and truly love your partner.
Simply saying you’re sorry isn’t enough. If you really regret your actions, take the time to do it right.
If you want to really know (and love) someone, you have to learn to fight with them. Right?
The phantom image that comes between you and your partner-—your fantasy mate—is actually the cause of your pain.
We all want to avoid it, but when we do, we miss out on the perfect opportunity to get closer to our partner.
True stories and honest advice, because it’s time to get real about relationships.