Posts in Miscellaneous

By: Gurdon Haralz Feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with a socially anxious partner can be detrimental to a romantic relationship.  Understanding your partner with social anxiety, the meaning of having social anxiety disorder, and how it can affect everyday life is an important step...

By: Easton Thomas Times are changing, especially when it comes to attitudes about living with a romantic partner. Cohabitation (defined as living with a romantic or sexual partner without being married) has become more popular, with 59% of American adults having lived with...

By: Caitlin McNulty Television and movies play a significant role in our daily lives, which should come as no surprise considering the average American household watches 7 hours and 50 minutes of television per day. Moreover, popular date night activities include going to...

Relationship Questions Although everyone tries to cook up a unique recipe for love, the formation, course, and quality of every intimate relationship is a reflection of the personality and experiences each person brings to the relationship. In addition to being mostly water, we’re...

Sexual orientation, much like an individual’s sex, is biology-based. Our sexual orientation serves as a map that guides us when we search for intimacy. Same-gender and different-gender relationships are composed of the same basic emotional needs but the approaches same-gender couples take to...

Relationship Attachment Theory Many mushy metaphors about intimate relationships are cute but don’t explain how experiences in early childhood serve as building blocks for future relationships. Regardless of whether or not Mercury is in retrograde, some people tend to repeat relationship habits without...

Is Anxiety Interfering With Your Relationship? Anxiety can be helpful when it motivates you to accomplish tasks, but it is hurtful when it causes you to avoid what you need to do. Furthermore, when one or both partners are feeling anxious it can...

Is a partner from a previous relationship interfering or causing problems in your current relationship? An ex-partner can be a huge external stress on your current relationship. If so, this post will help you identify common problems around exes and get some ideas...

Are one or both of you a member of the military? Do frequent separations due to deployment or job duties cause you to feel disconnected or make it hard to be a team once you are together again? Do you have difficulty communicating...

Do you and your partner have arguments over parenting? Or maybe you or your partner have children from previous relationships? Is agreeing on ways to parent kids and step-kids difficult for you? If so, this post will help you identify common problems and...