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For many people, warmer weather brings a sense of renewal and life – especially after going through such a long and uncertain winter. Now is the time to look at your life and connections in a new light. While many people will be doing some “spring cleaning”, it’s also...

Codependency vs. Interdependence: Navigating Healthy Relationship Dynamics

Relationships should ideally enrich our lives. However, sometimes it’s easy to settle into toxic dynamics. We need to ask ourselves whether we’re consistently sacrificing ourselves for our partners or we mutually benefit one another. Here’s how codependency and...

How to Be There for Your Partner with Depression

Depression can affect a person’s entire life. If your partner has been dealing with depression, you’re probably wondering how best to support them. You might also be feeling disconnected from them, since their depressive symptoms have likely caused them to withdraw...

How Prioritizing Personal Space Can Actually Bring You and Your Partner Closer

When we talk about relationships, the conversation often centers around the two people as one entity. But just as it’s important to communicate, be intimate, and get along with one another, it’s equally important to have separate lives. In fact, prioritizing personal...

How to Be There for Your Partner with Depression

Depression can affect a person’s entire life. If your partner has been dealing with depression, you’re probably...

Recreate and Refresh Your Relationship

For many people, warmer weather brings a sense of renewal and life – especially after going through such a long and uncertain winter. Now is the time to look at your life and connections in a new light. While many people will be doing some “spring cleaning”, it’s also...

Codependency vs. Interdependence: Navigating Healthy Relationship Dynamics

Relationships should ideally enrich our lives. However, sometimes it’s easy to settle into toxic dynamics. We need to ask ourselves whether we’re consistently sacrificing ourselves for our partners or we mutually benefit one another. Here’s how codependency and...

How to Be There for Your Partner with Depression

Depression can affect a person’s entire life. If your partner has been dealing with depression, you’re probably wondering how best to support them. You might also be feeling disconnected from them, since their depressive symptoms have likely caused them to withdraw...

How Prioritizing Personal Space Can Actually Bring You and Your Partner Closer

When we talk about relationships, the conversation often centers around the two people as one entity. But just as it’s important to communicate, be intimate, and get along with one another, it’s equally important to have separate lives. In fact, prioritizing personal...

Holidays Minus One: How to Cope After a Loved One’s Passing

The holidays can be an especially tough challenge when you’re coping with grief. As everyone around you comes together to celebrate during a season of joy, you’re feeling the weight of a lost loved one. You’re probably anxious and frustrated that no one seems to understand what it’s like when you have a missing piece of your family.

Is It Wrong to Feel Bad About Ending a Relationship?

Breakups are hard, and they happen to everyone. Often, the person ending the relationship feels terribly about it, even if our sympathies generally lie with the person who’s been dumped.