Divorce Stigma Across Generations: How It Has Changed
Boomers, millennials, and Gen Z hold completely different views of divorce and of what marriage is for. Here's how divorce stigma has evolve…
Relationship Insights
Recognizing When You're Projecting Past Relationship Pain Onto a Current Partner
Projecting past relationship pain feels like accurate perception, which is what makes it so hard to spot. Here's how to recognize it and wha…
Learning to Tolerate a Partner's Bad Mood Without Absorbing It
Absorbing a partner's bad mood is one of the most common and least helpful responses in relationships. Discover how to build the skill of to…
Why "I'm Fine" Avoidance Damages Intimacy in a Relationship
"I'm fine" avoidance is one of the most common, and most damaging, patterns in relationships. Discover what it costs intimacy over time.
The Backlash Against Hookup Culture Among Younger Daters
The backlash against hookup culture is building among younger daters. Discover why a growing number of daters want something different.
What Staying in an Unhappy Relationship Costs You
A look at what staying in an unhappy relationship costs — covering the health consequences, the erosion of self, and the impact on future re…
Dating Someone Who's Never Been in a Long-Term Relationship
No long-term relationship experience doesn't mean a bad partner: it means certain things are being navigated for the first time. Here's what…
How to Support a Partner Going Through Therapy for the First Time
When a partner starts therapy, it changes things for both people. Discover what to expect, and how to support a partner without losing yours…
Dating Someone Recovering From a Difficult Divorce
A difficult divorce doesn't end when the papers are signed, and a new relationship enters an ongoing process of recovery. Here's what that p…
Repairing Trust After a Broken Promise in a Relationship
A broken promise doesn't just disappoint: it makes the other person question their own judgment. Discover what repairing trust requires from…
Developing Emotional Regulation So Arguments Don't Escalate
Without emotional regulation, every communication strategy tends to fail. Here's the self-regulation skills that actually stop escalation.
Building Tolerance for a Partner's Imperfections Without Resentment
A grounded look at tolerating a partner's imperfections, covering why tolerance fails and what genuine acceptance requires.
Rebuilding Confidence After Being Cheated On
A grounded look at rebuilding confidence after being cheated on, what infidelity does, what helps, and what tends to make it harder.
Dating Someone Who Travels Constantly for Work
Dating someone who travels a lot for work creates a quiet, specific kind of pressure, not dramatic, but cumulative. Discover how couples can…
How Soon Is Too Soon to Introduce a New Partner to Your Kids
The timing of introducing a new partner to kids should follow the children's readiness, not the adult relationship's momentum. Here's what t…
Pet Person vs. Non-Pet Person: a Surprisingly Common Dealbreaker
The pet versus non-pet divide is consistently underestimated in relationships: until couples are sharing a space. Discover why it's such a c…
Income Disparity and Its Effect on Decision-Making Power in a Couple
Income inequality in relationships produces power dynamics that operate below conscious intention. Discover how income disparities affect de…
Chronic Conflict Avoiders: the Couples Who Never Fight but Slowly Drift Apart
Conflict avoidance produces quiet drift, not harmony. Discover what chronic conflict-avoiders actually do, and what it costs relationships o…
How to Tell a Partner You Need More Space Without Hurting Them
The request for more space almost always lands as a relational warning. Discover how to frame it without triggering anxiety.
Why Some Couples Stay Together "for the Kids" and What the Data Says About Outcomes
Whether staying together for the kids helps children depends almost entirely on the marriage being maintained. Here's what the research show…
Micro-Cheating: a Real Category or an Overused Label?
The micro cheating debate matters because it reveals how we think about emotional fidelity. Here's what the label gets right, and what it di…
Second Marriages: What People Do Differently the Second Time Around
Second marriages aren't automatically better, but when they work, they tend to work because of specific things people do differently.
How to Bring Up Moving In Together for the First Time
Bringing up moving in together feels riskier than it usually is. Discover how to frame the conversation well and what it should cover.
What Actually Happens in a First Couples Therapy Session
The first couples therapy session isn't for problem-solving: it's for understanding. Here's what actually happens, and what couples commonly…