Underlying Issues in Marriages and Affairs

There are various underlying issues in marriages that can lead to affairs. Each relationship is unique, but some common factors that contribute to infidelity include: Lack of emotional connection: When one or both partners feel emotionally disconnected or unsatisfied...

How to Cope When Your Partner Has Anxiety

Everyone gets anxious from time to time—a job interview, a school test, a speaking engagement. It’s perfectly normal. But people who have an anxiety disorder suffer on a different level. And there are plenty of people who suffer. About one-third of adults in the U.S....

Types of Manipulation In Relationships

In relationships, manipulation can take various forms and can be detrimental to the well-being of one or both individuals involved. Here are some common types of manipulation that can occur in relationships: Emotional Manipulation: This involves using tactics such as...

Does Your Depression Affect Your Relationship?

When you are in the throes of depression, it’s hard to think about anything else, including how to nourish your relationship with your significant other. Depression often makes you want to curl up within yourself and quietly suffer alone. This can take an emotional...

More Relationship Anxiety

Last time we talked about how low self-esteem and unrealistic expectations can make you anxious enough to undermine a trusting relationship. When you don’t believe you’re worthy of a good relationship, it can make you difficult to be with. Your worries become a...

Relationship Anxiety: Do You Have It?

People who suffer from relationship anxiety have an overabundance of unfounded concerns that their partner will dump them, cheat on them, fall out of love with them. They are constantly worried that their partner may find someone “better”—richer, prettier, smarter. Or...

How Close to Reality Is Your Life Narrative?

Sometimes we have to lie to ourselves just to get through the day. It’s okay. Everybody does it at one time or another. It’s hard to be objective about ourselves—some of us give ourselves a pass a little too readily, and some of us berate ourselves unnecessarily.  But...