Sometimes, we don’t actively participate in our relationships. We might live life on autopilot without looking at our communication patterns and identifying our emotions. When this happens, our relationships can suffer.

Every relationship has its ups and downs. Avoiding conflict forever isn’t really a feasible goal. In fact, sometimes, it can actually be a good thing for couples to argue in a productive way.

Our feelings are part of what makes us human. But it can be frustrating when you don’t feel in control of them, especially when you’re having tough conversations.

It’s normal for long-term relationships to lose passion when kids, work, and the humdrum of life’s responsibilities get in the way. But that doesn’t mean the spark is gone forever.

Everybody makes mistakes, especially in relationships. But if you’ve been feeling stuck, making the same missteps in all your relationships, you might not be learning from them.

At this point, you might have even dismissed it as just another relationship cliché. But does research actually back up the idea that you should never go to bed angry?

If you’re looking for couples therapy, you might not know where to start. Even if you’re familiar with individual approaches to therapy, couples therapy is a whole new arena.

If you have an emotionally distant partner, you’re probably feeling stuck, frustrated, and unheard. After all, your needs deserve to be met just as much as theirs.