Everyone knows that relationships can be tough at times. There are plenty of self-help books out there that promise to improve communication or decrease conflict, but how do you …
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How To Build a Healthy Relationship: Nurturing Communication, Connection, and Mental Well-being
Let’s be real. Romantic relationships aren’t like those picture-perfect scenes from a rom-com (unless your life somehow involves unexpected rain showers and airport chase scenes). …
Conversion Therapy: Why It’s Harmful and Why Banning It Matters
According to a recent study by the Williams Institute at UCLA, approximately 698,000 adults in the US have received conversion therapy, and about 350,000 of them were adolescents …
How to Validate Someone’s Feelings and Become a Better Listener
Someone tells you they are struggling. Maybe they’re stressed about their tumultuous relationship, or maybe they’re in a funk and feeling like they’re completely worthless. How do …
Setting Boundaries in Relationships: When, Why, and How
When is setting boundaries in your relationship necessary? Why are they so important? And how do you set and maintain healthy boundaries? If you’re new to setting boundaries, …
How To Cope With Loneliness and Rejection in Relationships
Rejection can hurt – whether you were rejected by your crush, a friend, or a romantic partner. When you’ve been rejected, it’s easy to look at yourself as the problem and think …
How To Deal With Divorce: 10 Helpful Books
Divorce is one of the hardest and most painful events a person can experience in their lifetime. Add kids into the mix, and divorce can feel impossibly difficult to navigate in a …
Divorce and the Five Stages of Grief
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Most of us recognize these as the 5 Stages of Grief, introduced into the cultural zeitgeist by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1969. …
How To Identify Gaslighting: 10 Phrases To Listen For
Have you ever been in a relationship where you felt like you were constantly second-guessing yourself? Or perhaps your version of events never lines up with your partner’s? If so, …
The Elephant in the Room: Five Steps for Expressing Needs to Your Partner
Dear Ellie: How do I express needs to my partner? Dear Ellie, I have been dating my partner for a little over a year, and we are both recently graduated from college. It was …
