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When ‘Prince Charming’ Manifests Outdated Expectations-image

When ‘Prince Charming’ Manifests Outdated Expectations

They promised you the world. Said you wouldn’t have to worry about a thing once you became Mr and Mrs. You believed this was your destiny, to be with someone who finally “got you.” And then things slowly started unraveling....

What Happens When ‘In Sickness and in Health’ Becomes Real?-image

What Happens When ‘In Sickness and in Health’ Becomes Real?

When you’re standing at the altar, saying your vows, the last thing that comes to mind is “What if?” What happens if one of us is diagnosed with an incurable disease? Where does that leave me? Will I have the...

The Science of Compassion: Why Caring Feels So Good-image

The Science of Compassion: Why Caring Feels So Good

Not everyone is born with compassion. The ability to feel deeply for someone’s misfortune or pain is a hindrance for some, while for others, empathy is like watching a flower bloom. The urge to help is in your DNA. You...

3 Health Problems Linked To Bad Relationships, But Often Misattributed-image

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...

Healing Hearts: How Caring for Others Can Heal You Too-image

Healing Hearts: How Caring for Others Can Heal You Too

Everyone experiences some type of trauma in their lifetime. For most people, it happens during the formative years when their childhoods are robbed from them in the blink of an eye. A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that...

Overcoming Tough Times Through Effective Relationship Teamwork-image

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....

5 Reasons Why Empathy Is the New Relationship Superpower-image

5 Reasons Why Empathy Is the New Relationship Superpower

An AI chatbot could be the boyfriend we didn’t know we needed until now, or at least that’s what Cosmopolitan writer Annabel Iwegbue discovered. Her curiosity got the better of her when she came across r/MyBoyfriendIsAI on Reddit. The thread...

How to Recognize When Your Relationship Needs a Refill-image

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....

How to Support Your Partner’s Career Dreams-image

How to Support Your Partner’s Career Dreams

How do you react when your partner tells you that they’re chasing something new? Maybe it’s a total career pivot, starting a business, or finally pursuing that advanced degree. How will you respond in that moment? Being in a relationship...

5 Creative Date Night Ideas to Keep Your Relationship Alive-image

5 Creative Date Night Ideas to Keep Your Relationship Alive

After a few years, many couples slip into a comfortable, but sometimes boring routine. Takeout becomes dinner. The couch becomes the dining section, and quality time means scrolling Instagram until it’s time for bed. Sounds familiar? This is a very...

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