Relationships

Not Afraid to Step Into the Fight When We Can’t See the Light
(Author’s note: Writing and posting today nearly undermines its intended purpose. Today is not a day for my voice. It’s…
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Taking the Wheel Vs. Destroying Our Marriages on Autopilot
The word ‘habits’—at least for me—conjures images of working out or smoking or biting my fingernails. People talk about developing…
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The Idea That Would Have Saved My Marriage and Might Save Yours
The reasons more than half of all romantic relationships (including marriage) fail are not obvious to most people. If you…
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Save Your Marriage Using the Monster-Under-the-Bed Theory
Imagine getting a phone call. You answer. A stranger on the other end of the line identifies his or herself…
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Where to Find Solutions to Your Relationship Problems
The best places to look for solutions — to any significant problem you may face; not just relationship problems —…
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Break Toxic Communication Habits with The STFU Method
Actor and comedian Denis Leary has a bit in his hilarious 1992 stand-up act No Cure for Cancer where he…
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What Being Drugged and Robbed Taught Me About Rape Culture
I’d only been conscious for a half-hour or so, and I was fighting tears because as a general rule, I…
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A Way to Protect Your Relationships from Political (and Other) Arguments
Donald Trump is President of the United States in 2019. Even for non-Americans, that fact can elicit radically different reactions.…
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Must Women Leave Men to Get Them to Change?
(Image/David Colarusso) “Would you have changed if she had not left you?” Within an hour of answering this exact question…
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How to Change Your Shitty Husband
“I fucking hated you,” she said. “I hated you because you’re the guy who made a damn name for himself…
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