Listening to Your Partner’s Feelings: 5 Ways to Show Empathy
Being empathetic toward your partner starts with active listening and making an effort to put yourself in their shoes. Read more about cultivating empathy.…
7 Ways Childhood Trauma Can Affect Your Relationships
Difficulty asking for help, being socially withdrawn can all stem from the effects of childhood trauma. Find out how else trauma can manifest in adulthood. …
What Is Emotional Safety and How to Create It in Your Relationships
You can foster emotional safety in your relationship by getting vulnerable, using nonviolent communication, and more.…
Mindfulness and Relationships: Expert Q&A with Ellen Langer
Harvard mindfulness expert Ellen Langer talks about why mindfulness is a powerful way to improve your relationships, and how to harness it.…
How Often Should You Talk in a Long-Distance Relationship?
Open and honest dialogue is key to finding the right communication frequency in a long-distance relationship. Find out how to get on the same page. …
How “Core Negative Image” Work Can Improve Your Relationship
The “Core Negative Image” (CNI) is a powerful relationship tool you can use to talk with your partner about your worst versions of each other. It can be a game changer.…
5 Losing and 5 Winning Relationship Strategies
Could your response to conflict be hurting your relationship? Learn what losing strategies look like and skills to practice to foster understanding and connection between you and your partner. …
How Does Chronic Illness Impact Relationships? Plus, What to Do
Discover how chronic illness reshapes love and connections, pushing relationships to new depths of understanding and empathy.…
8 Signs That Couples Therapy Is Making Your Life Better
If you said “healthy boundaries,” you’re right! But do you know the other ways to tell your hard work at couples therapy is paying off?…
How Reparenting Your Inner Child Helps Your Relationship
Some of the most powerful times of transformation — personally and in your relationship — can come when you connect with the hurt child parts inside of you.…