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If your former partner was narcissistic, it’s very likely that even after the relationship ended, you still feel its effects — those relationships are destabilizing,...

This is the reason a narcissist often insists on staying friends after a breakup. At the start of your relationship it felt electric, didn’t it?...

The smallest, most ordinary moments often leave the deepest marks on a relationship — they are where trust, intimacy, friendship and connection are built and...

One of the unexpected gifts of becoming a stay-at-home dad was the quick realization that, without meaning to, I had shifted a large portion of...

Every so often a letter arrives asking for guidance that’s so grave I hesitate to even read it aloud on YouTube. Usually such requests are...

There’s a clear pattern behind why some people withdraw the moment a relationship grows serious. The nearer you get, the more they recede. You open...

Everyone knows that ignoring certain warning signs can undermine even the deepest love; no matter how strong the feelings, overlooked red flags eventually create friction...

Someone in the comments claimed that women don’t want men to be vulnerable — apparently I wasn’t aware of that either until they pointed it...

You check your phone again. You replay the last exchange in your head, searching for the moment you slipped up. You’ve tried to be more...

When your attachment is anxious and insecure, and a partner tells you, “I don’t want to be with you anymore,” yet you cling more tightly,...

Tell me something — have you ever felt like you’re dating a ghost? One moment the connection is electric: they’re messaging you, sharing laughter, looking...

The instant you open up with vulnerability — sharing how you feel, explaining your hurt or your point of view — and the person across...

Many men believe that having needs in a relationship is somehow unhealthy, but the fact is everyone has needs whether they acknowledge them or not....

Okay—if your relationship feels stuck in a loop of arguments that never resolve, know that everything shifted for the better in my partnership when we...

Let me ask you something: have you ever been with someone who made you feel uniquely cherished one moment and then, seemingly without warning, drifted...

Why is it always the anxious partner who ends up adjusting for the avoidant? What do you mean by “adjusting”? I mean it’s constantly the...

They vanish when you least expect it. One day they’re warm, engaging, and saying all the right things; the next day there is only quiet....

The blunt truth is this: trying to force an emotionally avoidant person into full commitment is a losing strategy. Chasing someone who withdraws from intimacy...

Some of the messages that appear on my YouTube channel are fascinating — occasionally warm and thoughtful, and at other times they provoke a strong...

there’s always a risk when you take part in 12-step groups or join online meetings made up of people who are there because they have...

People often mix things up: you can establish boundaries, but you cannot compel others to honor them. Surprising, yes — many of us have tried...

Stop immediately. Put the phone down. Stop re-reading old conversations. Stop scrolling through their profile. And stop torturing yourself with the question of what you...

They didn’t capture you with grand vows; they held you captive with their absence. Not by what they offered, but by what they refused to...

Experiencing abuse and neglect as a child can leave you convinced that you must manage everyone’s emotions wherever you go. If your family is unhappy,...