The Holidays can easily be one big stress ball for many, even couples. This is especially if you are dealing with a spouse who won’t respect your needs, compromise, or share the Holidays. And, hey, if you are that spouse, listen up – you need to read this post more than anyone. More importantly, we […]
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This post received complimentary product by Kisses 4 Us® in exchange for a gift guide recognition. The Holidays are right around the corner! Um, yesterday was June I thought? And that’s what happens when you blink. Before you know it, you’re trying to remember all the things you came across throughout the year and said
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Since gaslighting is a control tactic through manipulation, it’s almost a guarantee you have been gaslit at some point in your life – even thanks to politics, specialists, marketing, corporations, culture and social media. Gaslighting in relationships is no exception either. But while we’re pretty hyper-focused on the things in which happen to us, are
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Forgiving someone who hurt you and trusting them again isn’t easy. Not impossible but not effortless, either. If it were impossible, that can indicate how little importance that person is to you. Though its still incredibly painful when having to bear the question of how to forgive your partner who hurt you, as well as
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**PSA: There’s a way to be transparent about your digital privacy while also maintaining respect for that privacy. You CAN respect both ways – shocking, I know. I’m about to get real. If you’re in a serious, committed relationship (like marriage) then nothing is secretive or on lockdown from your partner – sorry, not sorry.
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Crazy thought, right? It took me a while to grasp this understanding, but if you think about it it actually does make the most sense. Everywhere you read gives you bullet points on how to improve communication with your partner (I, too, am guilty – you can read that post here), but the way we
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Marriage is a work in progress. At least it should be taken as that way. This means you are prone to developing routines, nasty habits that are hard to break and complacency in the mix of some of the best and worst times marriage brings. You may start going with the flow of the motions
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I’ve always been the kind of person who tends to see both sides to everything. The good, bad and even the ugly. I overthink, a lot. Catch me on a topic I love…and it will have me going off on a tangent. That’s probably why I really, REALLY wanted to have a blog that focuses on
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It’s easy to limit ourselves when it comes to the meaning of expression. And I think it’s quite obvious that most women have an easier time demonstrating their feelings and emotions, as well as opening up emotionally to their spouse and others. Meaning we’re [more] readily available to talk about them and willing to show
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I recently read on the grapevine of the interwebs that friendship is detrimental to marriage. Seriously, what a load of crock. I sat anxiously at my desk coming up with as many reasons WHY friendship is part of what MAKES my husband and I thrive. Please, someone, please tell me how partnership is what solely drives
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