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Author Nikesha Elise Williams on Uncovering Family Secrets
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (280+ words) Posted February 3, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Family secrets often remain hidden through the generations out of shame or fear of judgment. Family secrets are common, and often revolve around sensitive issues like infidelity, crime, mental health struggles, or abuse. One…...
5 Warning Signs to Spot Before Starting a Serious Relationship
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (530+ words) Posted January 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Getting involved with a new relationship, intimate or not, can be fraught with potential traps. Consider the situation of Nicole. She is venturing back out into the dating world after her last serious relationship…...
6 Ways to Hold Things Together When Your Spouse Is Depressed
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (481+ words) Updated January 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano By Eric Levine, Ed.D. with Becky Shipkosky Your sweetheart is depressed, and you're picking up a lot of the slack. While it's important to help your spouse or partner stay physically nourished and…...
Forget Divorce Day, and Love the One You’re With
1+ week, 1+ day ago (724+ words) Posted January 26, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch January is said to be the month when there is a spike in divorce petitions. Couples that held it together for another year finally crack over the festive period, stop pretending, and head for…...
3 Relationship Patterns We All Need to Break
1+ week, 5+ day ago (747+ words) Posted January 22, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Relationship research has made it clear that most relationships don't fail because of singular, isolated, catastrophic events. More often, they disintegrate because of our patterns'the ones that once felt safe and protective, but have…...
Male Couples Stay Together Longer Than Many People Think
1+ week, 6+ day ago (521+ words) Posted January 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills I recently came across a study that puts a whole new spin on our understanding of gay relationships. And I have to say I was surprised at the findings'and I am both a couples…...
Health Benefits of Building Bonds With Your Partner Via Self-Disclosure
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (549+ words) Posted January 20, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Situations in which you become preoccupied and worried can, as you can certainly attest, eat away at you. As shown in a new study, even as you try to solve problems that seem insolvable,…...
Are People Happier in Relationships?
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (578+ words) Updated January 20, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Are people actually happier when they're in a romantic relationship, or is that just a comforting cultural myth? And if relationships do matter for emotional well-being, does simply having a partner suffice, or does…...
2 Ways Therapy Language Can Damage Your Relationship
2+ week, 1+ day ago (764+ words) Posted January 19, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Over the past decade, mental health literacy has gone mainstream. Therapy language used to be confined to clinical settings and academic journals, but now, it crops up everywhere from TikTok captions to relationship arguments....
How Curiosity and Imagination Sustain Long-Term Love
2+ week, 1+ day ago (300+ words) Posted January 19, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Creativity in relationships isn't just about drawing or writing poetry together. Psychologists define it as the capacity to generate new meanings and novel perspectives in interpersonal interactions, to reframe habitual patterns of thought and…...