After ending a relationship, feelings of sadness are magnified and we tend to isolate ourselves. Self-care may go down the drain and we become a shell of the person we once were. There are ways to avoid this negative pattern of breakup sadness, though. Here are some healthy ways to combat these tough emotions, especially…
The five love languages were created by Gary Chapman in his 1995 book, “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.” They’ve since become a significant lens for people to understand romantic interactions. This idea of a love language is based on the theory that people communicate and receive love in…
Lots of couples prefer to keep their relationships private and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, if you’re doing these things, you might be taking your “privacy” to the extreme by being overly secretive about your relationship. You deliberately avoid mentioning your partner. Every story you tell is always about “I” and not “we”… even if…
Relationship breaks can be emotionally painful and difficult to navigate but they’re often necessary to salvage a partnership and keep it from ending for good. If you have recently taken a step back from your partner and the two of you are in agreement that you’d like to give it another shot, here are a…
The qualities you consider to be instant deal breakers in a potential partner will likely change over time, but there are certain qualities that will always be huge, pulsating red flags with fireworks going off right in your face. These are instant deal breakers and they should never, ever be ignored. Once you notice these…
They say it takes the amount of time you were with someone to move on from them when the relationship ends, but in some situations, that could take years! It doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how to get over a breakup quickly and with ease. Talk or write about it. After a breakup,…
Most breakups are completely warranted and even necessary. However, sometimes you end a relationship with someone even though the issues you were facing were fixable and you still love each other. Here are 15 signs you shouldn’t have broken up. Hopefully, you still have a chance to reconcile. Your friends were amazed at how well…
When a guy who seems too good to be true enters your life, it only makes sense to hold onto him. And yet, these “perfect” guys usually manage to find a way out whether they’re trying to or not. Plenty of us end up with a special guy who has left our lives but not…
Admittedly, this is probably something your mom told you growing up: A cluttered home leads to a cluttered mind. While it may have seemed like a ploy to get you to finally clean your room, there’s plenty of scientific truth to the saying. A study from ULCA found that women who have “a high density…
Love never seems to happen the same way twice and it can be incredibly fickle. Some people fall in love easily while others spend a lot of time and effort searching for a feeling they can’t even really explain. One of the worst things about love is that you can’t control who you fall for…
