Category Archives: Dating and Relationship Tips

Love at First Sight: New Research on Who’s Attracted to Whom

The idea of love at first sight holds perennial appeal to the romantic in all of us. It’s fun to fantasize over whether you’ll be lovestruck “across a crowded room,” as the song goes. Will you and your “stranger in the night" become each other’s true love? The premise that you can tell at a…
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The Kind of Relationship That Most Often Leads to Marriage

When it comes to romance, some relationships flow easier than others. Many couples are kindred spirits, connecting with each other easily, merging effortlessly into each other's lives. Other relationships sizzle, then fizzle. True, many couples face relational roadblocks, from job stressors to family conflict to geographical incompatibility. Yet some couples handle relational roadblocks in stride,…
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What Relationships Are Not Supposed to Be

Many of the articles published on the creation of successful relationships focus on how to find the right person, create an authentic partnership, and the readiness to meet the pitfalls that will come. To keep a relationship thriving, intimate partners make sure they do not betray, that they work as a team, master communication skills,…
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A Powerful Way to Improve Our Relationships.

Most of the time when I write about couples, I focus on steps individuals can take to feel closer to their partner and more satisfied in the relationship. Because a person can only fully control themselves, I try to illustrate ideas that any one person can enact, which would hopefully lead their partner to respond…
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