Are You in a Difficult Relationship? Blog

3 Health Problems Linked To Bad Relationships, But Often Misattributed

Good health has become a rare privilege in today’s stressful world, where so many of us battle emotional and physical challenges every day. Our relationships with others can be the boats that bring us back to shore in life’s turbulent...

Overcoming Tough Times Through Effective Relationship Teamwork

Only if sustaining a relationship was as easy as starting one, the world would be a rosy place, wouldn't it? Since that's rarely the case, we need to actively work on keeping our connections strong and meaningful. Fortunately, the U.S....

How to Recognize When Your Relationship Needs a Refill

Oh, the irony of your current situation. To think you used to make fun of the couple sitting across from you at the restaurant. The one scrolls through their phone while the other pretends to be engrossed in the menu....

Dear Brave Soul: When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned- Shame, Blame And Other Things We Aren’t Meant To Carry

A Letter to the Brave:   Dear Brave Soul, Guilt, Blame, Shame, and Other Things We Aren’t Meant to Carry You probably don’t feel it right now. You may feel anything but. But you are brave—and you will be brave—because...

Enmeshment vs. Codependence: What’s the Difference—and What Does Healthy Connection Look Like?

Relational boundaries—the kind you can't see, but absolutely feel—are foundational to our emotional health. This post explores the murky waters of enmeshment and codependency, and just as importantly, what healthy interdependence looks like. For many of us, these distinctions weren’t...

What To Do When You Don’t Trust Your Partner

This is one of those gut punch kind of topics—one that doesn’t get talked about enough. What do you do when you don't trust your partner? Not when you feel annoyed with them, not when you have a little miscommunication,...

Is it Emotional Abuse—Or Something Else?

Emotional abuse is something many people struggle to name, identify, or even accept in their lives. It's easy to mislabel emotional experiences, especially when you've grown up in dysfunction or internalized complex shame. Today, we're unpacking what emotional abuse actually...

What if You’re The Red Flag? And What Do You Do About It?

Are You the Red Flag? This blog post might make you shift in your seat a little.   What If You Are the Red Flag? Because I want to ask you something hard: What if you are the red flag?...

Professional Tips To Emotionally Get Over A Divorce After A Long Marriage

Guest Post, written by Arlene Westcott No one goes into a marriage thinking they'll ever have to face a divorce. Regardless of the reason, divorce can shake the whole constitution one has built a lot of time and effort on....

6 Ways to Cope with Grief in a Marriage

Guest Post, written by Sarah Kessler One of the best parts of marriage is that you face challenges as a team. And one of the hardest things we face in life is the loss of someone we love. When grief...