Thinking About Opening Your Relationship? Important Questions to Ask First
Moving from monogamy to consensual non-monogamy is a big shift. It comes with emotional complexity and new communication challenges that need extensive discussions beforehand. Before taking any steps to open your relationship, it’s important to slow down and ask some...
Supporting Your Partner Who Has Been in Recovery from Alcohol or Drugs For Years
Supporting a partner in long-term recovery can be deeply rewarding, but it also comes with unique challenges that require patience and understanding. Addiction every facet of a relationship, which can create shifts in trust, communication, and emotional connection...
What Is Emotional Cheating and How Can It Impact Your Relationship?
Emotional cheating is a subject that can be confusing and difficult to define. While physical infidelity tends to be more widely recognized, emotional cheating can be just as damaging, if not more so, to the foundation of trust within a relationship. But what...
How to Help Your Partner Open Up More
The trope of a partner who won’t– or maybe can’t– communicate well is a tale as old as time. How many problems in romcoms could be solved if a couple just talked to each other? Plenty. But sometimes… the talking itself is a problem. Just talking and opening up isn’t...
From the Honeymoon Phase to Lasting Love
The beginning of any relationship feels magical. It’s so great getting to know your partner, discovering their quirks and the little things that make you both feel special. But this phase doesn’t last forever– and frankly, you probably don’t want it to. The honeymoon...
