Are you just unlucky in love, or attracting the wrong partners? If you’re often single or have just been unlucky in love, you may wonder what are the qualities to look for in a long-term romantic partner. There are three essential qualities to look for when you choose a long-term romantic partner. These three essential […]
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According to a study, being married has a lifelong effect on how content people are. The authors, Shawn Grover and John Helliwell of the Vancouver School of Economics in Canada published a study in Springer’s Journal of Happiness Studies. They investigated people’s levels of well-being based on their marital status. Using data from two UK surveys, Grover
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Jealousy, otherwise known as the green-eyed monster, is one of the harder human emotions to experience in romantic relationships. And it feels especially intense when it involves your partner’s ex. But jealous feelings, besides being among the least attractive emotional states, tend to harden over time. If it’s not addressed, romantic jealousy can lead to problems in your
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It’s not a secret that our lives move quickly. It’s easy to go through a whole day without stopping to pause and look around your environment once or take a conscious breath. The speed of our lives affects our relationships—you might find that you go a whole day without one meaningful conversation with your partner.
Slow Down, Reach out, Re-connect: Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship Read Post »
As you’re probably well aware, Australians voted to legalise same-sex marriage in the voluntary postal survey, by a large margin—61.6% for to 38.4% against. And almost 80% of eligible voters participated, so this result has more weight than most global elections. Among all age groups, participation exceeded 70%, including younger voters. The ABS reported that
Australians Say ‘Yes’ to Same-sex Marriage: What Happened and What’s Next Read Post »
Have you noticed the modern phenomena in some long-term relationships when one or both partners start to ‘let themselves go’ by putting on weight or not caring about their health or fitness? With 60% of Australians now overweight or obese, it’s no surprise it’s become so common. I was recently interviewed by Talking Lifestyle Daily
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Pornography used to be relegated to suspicious movie theatres, back rooms at video stores, and expensive cable channels in hotels. The Internet has made porn accessible to anyone with a computer or a smart phone, and porn use by teenagers is steadily rising. Besides setting up unrealistic expectations about sex, heavy porn use may correlate
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How do you know if your friendship is toxic? Relationships are one of the gifts of being human—they support you, challenge you, and, in the best cases, show you something about life you would never have seen before. But unfortunately, there are some friendships that drag you down. There are some friends that you’re just
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Have you ever fallen in love with a friend? Falling in love with a friend is one of the harder human experiences to have. It happens to a lot of people and there’s no way to tell at the beginning how it’s going to go. If you think you might be falling in love with
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Are you stuck in a relationship that’s not working? Are fears of being alone, broke, and heartbroken all that is keeping you in the relationship? A bad relationship is not going to suddenly turn into a good one, and at some point, the best thing to do may be to end it. There are many
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