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Communicating With Your Partner: Skills and Tips
For various reasons, it can be difficult to communicate effectively with your partner. But communicating in your relationship doesn’t have to be a daily frustration. The Foundation: Communication Skills Specific conversational skills can reliably increase feelings of understanding and connection. A focus on expressive speaking and empathetic listening can go a long way for difficult…
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Identifying Emotional Abuse in Romantic Relationships
Emotional and verbal abuse can sometimes be harder to spot than physical abuse. Take control and stop accepting mistreatment in relationships! Is it Abuse? Emotional abuse consists of words or actions used to degrade, isolate, or control you in a relationship. This form of abuse can often first be mistaken as caring or concern, but…
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Spending Valentine’s Day Alone
If you’re single around this time of year, Valentine’s Day can be a bit obnoxious. Everywhere you go, from the grocery store to the doctor’s office, pink, red and purple decorations highlight your single status. You may start to feel down or question why you aren’t in a relationship. Am I The Only One? Despite…
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Self Parenting Day: Signs You Self-Parented, and How To Celebrate
On Mother’s or Father’s Day, dealing with your difficult parents becomes even more of a minefield. They might already treat you as less-than and make ridiculous demands on a normal day, but – check the calendar – this day is all about them. That’s where the concept of Self-Parenting Day comes in. This is its…
