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Defensiveness – it’s the gut reaction to defend yourself when you feel someone has said or done something unfairly or negatively to you. When you feel attacked you will either shut down, run away, hide or retaliate to protect yourself. You know all too well what that feels like. The blood is rushing to your face, you start
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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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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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I see this question so often nowadays. It’s funny because when online dating first came about, it was hard then, too. We knew this because people have been having strictly online-based relationships for years, and we know how most of those end up. Yet here we are, where instantaneous, online connections are easily considered the
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I am officially speaking out on adhering to my more traditional dating values in a modernized society. Phew. You have no idea how long I’ve waited to say that, and confidently say it. I’ve spent the last couple years trying to please all relationship styles, expectations, values and beliefs. And while I do respect them,
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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 will never understand why anyone would want to go back to the same old sh*t, different day. So I’m about to give you the cold, hard truth I never got (and wished I had). *Guys, this can apply for you, too! Sure, people can change – they may even change for the better. Does
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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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