relationship advice

  • Exclusive, or not? What it means to NOT define your relationship

    Exclusive, or not? What it means to NOT define your relationship

    Now I may be treading uncharted waters here, but I guess I enjoy a little controversy. Plus, I will never quite understand how any relationship can “move forward” without directing it’s sails with the wind. The key is knowing the direction of the wind! If you’re not able to discuss one another’s emotional stance, how…

  • If he always leaves you disappointed, it’s time to call it quits

    If he always leaves you disappointed, it’s time to call it quits

    Let me make one thing perfectly clear before you read on: disappointment in relationships is inevitable, so we must learn to brace for impact. Because, inevitably, we’re all bound to make mistakes. But there is a clear difference between a mistake, and an excuse in terms of negative behavior in dating, relationships and even marriage. So…

  • 10 Tactics To Being Heard In Your Relationship

    10 Tactics To Being Heard In Your Relationship

    Good communication starts with listening, but that would all be so easy to understand if we all communicated the same. Of course not – men and women both communicate and listen differently. Yet there’s one similarity that is part of our human nature – we all want to be heard. We need to be willingly…

  • In a new relationship? Here are 75+ gift ideas that aren’t *too much*

    In a new relationship? Here are 75+ gift ideas that aren’t *too much*

    Here are 75+ gift ideas for *new* couples in a relationship (that aren’t over the top). As a now-married woman, gifting for my husband has not become any easier. Yet I still remember when we first started dating, I didn’t want to get him something that came off “desperate” or “too much, too soon”, you…

  • 11 Ways To Spark A Lifelong Romance

    11 Ways To Spark A Lifelong Romance

    Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook so you don’t miss the latest blog updates! At some point, I think we have all thought, “Where did the romance go? Is our relationship doomed because there’s no romance? Why does it take so much effort for there to be lifelong romance – if we were…