What happened to you in previous relationships is part of who you are. It has a direct impact on your overall happiness – then and now. These events and memories can keep us from having a healthy relationship or achieving our life goals. They may be experiences that come from previous romantic relationships, but they…

To maintain a strong relationship, both partners sometimes need to step up their game. Working hard doesn't necessarily mean exhausting yourself. Or that you have to read dozens of relationship books . It's about knowing the difference between talking, listening and communicating. Talking, in itself, doesn't help anyone get ahead. Good communication, on the other hand, does…

Love relationships are challenging, confusing and exciting – sometimes all at the same time. Thanks to this complexity, scientists are not yet completely clear on what exactly makes people happy in a relationship. And they will probably never find the exact answer, no matter how much research they do and how many surveys they take,…

The idea that only men should do their best to make their girlfriends happy, and not vice versa, is outdated. In any case, what we have learned is that a strong relationship is only possible when both partners feel loved and cherished. If your friend is happy, you will be too. It is therefore time…

No matter how many relationship tips you take and even if you try your best to compromise, in no relationship is it possible to agree on everything. All happy couples have discussions or disagreements in which no one wants to compromise. Some people really want to go to Ibiza to lie on the beach for days, while…

Since Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2017, the term gaslighting has become part of the international lexicon. Trump led a gaslighting campaign during the 2016 election, during his administration, and later in the 2020 election . He lied, cheated, distorted the truth and sent the country into a tailspin of doubt, anger and despair. The ex-president of the United States…

Every couple argues sometimes. It is almost impossible for two adults who live together to always agree. When you spend a lot of time with one person, you always start to notice things that you didn't notice before. And they can sometimes be quite annoying. As a couple you argue about thousands of things and…

A big argument, relationship doubts or because the feeling was gone: for whatever reason you broke off your relationship. You actually wanted to get on with your own life, but now you realize that it might not have been such a good idea to end the relationship. You miss your partner, regret your decision, and would like to reverse…

You probably imagined something different, because the way your relationship has been going lately isn't entirely consistent with a healthy relationship . And yet that relationship still endures, even though you have known for a while that things were not going well. It affects you, your partner and perhaps even children – if they are involved. Despite…

When you enter into a relationship with each other, and especially when you move in together, get married or have children, you enter into an agreement with each other. You can no longer be selfish and only act based on your own wishes and needs. You have someone you have to take into account, not…