8 Reasons It May Be Hard to Sustain a Relationship

8 Reasons It May Be Hard to Sustain a Relationship

Summer feels like a time for growth, for change – a time to reconnect with yourself, start new projects, and maybe even get serious about making a relationship happen. There are countless reasons why, despite your readiness, a relationship may elude you. In my...
5 Reasons People Choose to Remain Single

5 Reasons People Choose to Remain Single

Here and elsewhere you can find hundreds of articles offering advice for starting relationships, thriving in relationships, ending relationships, and recovering after a relationship ends. Largely absent from these conversations are those who avoid relationships or are...
Painfully Stuck in a Relationship? Here’s How To Get Out

Painfully Stuck in a Relationship? Here’s How To Get Out

Do you feel oppressed, depressed and shut down in your relationship? Does the fear you have about what the future would hold if you leave make you stay despite your unhappiness? The answers are complex and multileveled, but the key to moving forward when feeling stuck...
Have You Seen These 5 Kinds of Men in Relationships?

Have You Seen These 5 Kinds of Men in Relationships?

This predisposition is an intrinsic part of personality or may be borne of earlier experiences, including the models men grew up with, their previous positive or negative relationships, their temperament, and social norms (as shown in classic studies including, THIS)....
What it Really Means to be ‘Faithful’ in a Relationship

What it Really Means to be ‘Faithful’ in a Relationship

Infidelity can be seen as actual cheating. Unfaithfulness is that, but can be something else as well: wishing your partner were not your partner and wanting out, but not being able to leave. It’s becoming guarded in a way that separates you from your partner, as if...