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Friendships, General, Married Couples, Parents & Families

How Shame Harms Everything in Our Relationships 

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Married Couples

How to Keep the Poison of Resentment Out of Your Marriage

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Married Couples, Self-Care

Navigating Differences Around the Thanksgiving Table

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Married Couples

Finding a Safe Haven in Marriage: How Childhood Trauma Affects Intimacy

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General, Married Couples

What Are Marriage Deserts and Why Do They Matter?

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Married Couples

Should I Stay In My Marriage or Leave to Make Myself Happy?

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Dating & Engaged, Married Couples

How to Turn Conflict into Connection

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General, Married Couples

How Caregiving Can Damage Romantic Relationships

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Married Couples

The Number One Phrase Used in Successful Relationships

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Friendships, General, Married Couples, Parents & Families

How Shame Harms Everything in Our Relationships 

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Parents & Families

It Takes a Village, But What Does a “Village” Look Like?

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In-Laws, Parents & Families

Grandparents are a Grand Gift to Thriving Families

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Parents & Families

What We Now Know About Babies, Toddlers, and Screen Time

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Parents & Families

How Parents’ Everyday Interactions Shape Their Kids Friendships

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General, Parents & Families

What Families Fight About (And Why It Matters More Than We Think)

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Parents & Families

What it Means to Be a Lighthouse Parent

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Parents & Families

A New App to Prevent and Dismantle Cyberbullying

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Parents & Families

Humor: A Secret Weapon of Parenting

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Dating & Engaged

How to Prepare Yourself for Marriage

Is marriage on your mind for your future? If it is, it doesn’t make a difference whether you’re a single searching for that special someone, in an “endgame” relationship, or perhaps already engaged when it comes to preparing yourself…
September 1, 2020
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Dating & Engaged

5 Signs You Should Break Off Your Engagement

It’s normal to get nervous about important decisions. Asking yourself, “Am I marrying the right person?” is one of those nervy decisions because marriage is a lifelong commitment, not something that will come out easily in the wash if…
August 18, 2020
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Dating & Engaged

What I’ve Learned During My First Year of Marriage

The morning light playfully casts its shadows on my husband's face. I ask myself, once again, in my half slumber, if this is really my life. My mornings are filled with “I love you's” and kisses (morning breath and all) and an alarm set…
August 17, 2020
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engaged-couple-smiling
Dating & Engaged

How Long Should A Couple Be Engaged Before Getting Married?

How long should a couple be engaged before getting married? Great question! There isn’t a “magic number” and it doesn’t matter what everyone else is doing. What matters is how well you both really know each other and if you are both…
August 10, 2020
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Dating & Engaged

We’re Getting Married And Everyone Is Giving Us Advice

“I just want to do it right, I want to know what I’m supposed to do.” I kept saying this to myself while I was getting ready to be married. Plus, I wanted to prepare myself for anything that could come our way. I wanted a rock solid marriage…
July 24, 2020
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Dating & Engaged, Married Couples

10 Date Nights Every Couple Must Do Before Summer Ends

I value my friend who reminded me that summer doesn’t end just because we start talking about our children going back to school. In fact, we are just one month into summer! Summer means different things for different people. For some, summer…
July 24, 2020
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conversations-for-engaged-couples
Dating & Engaged

Conversations Every Engaged Couple Should Have Before They Say, “I Do”

While you're engaged, conversations tend to hover endlessly around the wedding day, and naturally so. Though working out the details and planning your celebration is exciting, having conversations about other topics is important, too.  You…
July 20, 2020
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Dating & Engaged

My Fiancé and I are Fighting All the Time

Fighting with your fiancé all the time, aka, the person you are planning on spending forever with, can feel just exhausting. Planning your wedding, fear of job loss, or navigating unemployment while trying to secure a future together... uncertainty…
July 16, 2020
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COVID-19, Dating & Engaged, General, Married Couples

What to Do When You Disagree With the Ones You Love

It's nothing new to disagree with the ones you love, whether it’s about current events, religion, guns, racism, politics, football or something else. In fact, chances are pretty good that you completely disagree on certain topics with someone…
July 1, 2020
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