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My name is Carissa Link and I am a Florida-based life and love improvement blogger. I share resources and personal insight to young women on living and loving their best self - through relationships, marriage and self love.

It's becoming almost dreadfully and unbearably easy to resort to the ole' dinner date these days. Okayyyy, I know, we shouldn't really complain that much, and for the average couple with many years under their belt that dinner may actually be their escape from reality and just what they need to focus on nothing but each other. If that's you and dinner dates are your jam, own it, baby!

15+ DAY DATE ideas that aren’t just *dinner*

It’s becoming almost dreadfully and unbearably easy to resort to the ole’ dinner date these days. Okayyyy, I know, we shouldn’t really complain that much, and for the average couple with many years under their belt that dinner may actually be their escape from reality and just what they need to focus on nothing but […]

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And I'm talking about Love in truth, not this version of Love from culture, or "man" (society). Because the "Love" that society has curated and pushed is not only destructive but normalized. Part of me almost wants to say that we aren't actually equipped to handle what real Love means because subsequently...we'd crumble to dust.

8 Lies about Love society has made you to believe

Humanity’s definition of Love is always ever evolving and changing, so what are some lies society has made you believe about Love? And I’m talking about Love in truth, not this version of Love from culture, or “man” (society). Because the “Love” that society has curated and pushed is not only destructive but normalized. Part

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Every relationship should be built on the foundation of trust, duh, as are couples each responsible for honoring and upholding that trust. Where you define the basis of trust in your relationship is entirely between you and your partner. So if you and your partner are totally cool keeping your mula separate (as "private" information) from one another, and this not be a detriment to relationship trust, then cool beans. Yet being in a relationship, we have to be willing to find that middle, common ground between transparency and trust. Because, at the end of the day, a lack of transparency is a lack of trust.

7 Subtle ways relationship trust can be broken or lost

We all know by now that trust is the easiest to lose, and the hardest to regain. And in relationships trust is easily and most obviously broken by things like deceit (lying, dishonesty, secrecy) and infidelity (cheating, disloyalty), but what about the not-so -obvious? The subtle ways trust can be lost or broken in relationships

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Before deep-diving into this post, I first came up with a brief, rough-draft list. This list mounted well into the 20-something, yet I narrowed it down to the top 10 uncomfortable reasons you should not get married. Eeek.

10 Uncomfortable reasons you should not get married

Before deep-diving into this post, I first came up with a brief, rough-draft list. This list mounted well into the 20-something, yet I narrowed it down to the top 10 uncomfortable reasons you should not get married. Eeek. BUT, this post really isn’t all you think it will be. When I say uncomfortable reasons, what

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Assuming you are reading this - obviously - in your 20s, but more importantly, this being the time in your life when your friends are...well...life. Although this is more of an unconventional approach, I believe this is the time to make the most of your 20s *with your bestie(s)*.

How to make the most of your 20s with your friends

Assuming you are reading this – obviously – in your 20s, but more importantly, this [hopefully] being the time in your life when your friends are…well…life. Although this is more of an unconventional approach, I believe this is the time to make the most of your 20s *with your bestie(s)*. You and your crew are

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