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Jan 8, 2024 · Here are the different stages of relationships and ways to navigate them successfully. 1. The Moon Landing Phase (The First Six Months) The Honeymoon Stage is characterized by intense emotions...
6 days ago · It's a noble goal, but it takes emotional courage. It requires the courage to be vulnerable. Being open and vulnerable, not only through what you say but in what you hear your partner say, is not ...
Jul 29, 2024 · What makes a relationship last when feelings fade or circumstances change? Can you force yourself to love someone you hate or don’t care about?
Oct 4, 2024 · This is a pervasive and unfixable lack of feeling — often due to a loss of trust and connection that used to be there. Either one or both of you are numb around the other, and even the desire to feel something is gone. The relationship is already dead. 13. Addictive behavior has poisoned the relationship.
- Waking from The Spell
- From Crazy in Love to Lazy in Love
- Proactive Loving vs. Passive Loving
- Nurturing The Positive in Your Relationship
Crazy in love is a temporary state; the brain can’t stand the intensity forever. At some point the critical parts of the brain come back online, and we see our partners, warts and all. The jazzed-up chemicals settle down, and our drug high gives way to a calmer brain state. Romantic love, researchers find, yields to a tamer version, called companio...
When the newness and the magic fade, many of us become lazy in our relationship habits. Instead of dressing up for our beloved, we wear sweats to dinner. We become lazy in our interactions, blaming our partners when upset, not giving them the benefit of the doubt. We become reactive to the negative, and overlook the positive in our relationships. W...
“I still love my wife, but I’ve fallen out of love with her,” a man said to me recently. He’s missing the hit of the drug, and is thinking of looking elsewhere for that love high again. To my mind, “falling out of love” sounds so passive—like falling into a pothole! I propose a more proactive view of long-term love, in which both partners work to c...
So how can couples develop these skills of emotional and social intelligence? One of the most important skills is the ability to regulate your own emotions when you get upset. It’s so easy to “let it rip” and have a temper tantrum when your partner does something you don’t like. But staying calm in the face of stress is vital if you want to be a go...
Apr 12, 2024 · Would you like a closer relationship with someone in your life, but you’re not sure how to get that deeper connection? Or do you have “prickly” (aka: annoying) people in your family, work, or everyday life you’d like to get along with better? Hmm…chances are, yes! Let’s face it…relationships can be challenging.
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Aug 13, 2018 · The truth is, there's no fool-proof way to keep the love alive, but understanding how our brains play a role can help you protect yourself, and your relationship, from the erosion of time.
