When you start dating someone new, the experience can feel wildly different from the last time you dated. This is especially true if you’ve been away from the field for a while. But humans are predictable, and our relationships fall into patterns. What stage of dating are you in? There are five stages of love […]
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In case you’ve not heard this word, ‘gaslighting’ is a manipulative, slightly sociopathic behaviour used to make someone doubt his or her own reality. It’s actually an effective technique—dictators, cult leaders, emotional abusers, certain politicians, and narcissists have all employed it. Gaslighting is kind of a slow poison, brainwashing by one lie at a time.
Gaslighting: Why It’s So Destructive to Relationships Read Post »
It was great to see Clinton Power + Associates recently named in a list of one of the top blogs for marriage counselling and relationships. I’ve been regularly blogging about relationship issues for singles and couples since 2009. In that time I’ve written over 200 blog posts on a variety of topics including divorce, online
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Guest post by Dalila Jusic-LaBerge, LMFT Feeling betrayed can make it harder to move on after a breakup. Going through a divorce or a breakup stirs some very difficult feelings for the majority of people. There are several reasons why people divorce or end a relationship, and based on them you may have a harder or easier time
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More than ever, relationships are being treated as disposable. Cutting off a relationship, especially a romantic one, is not easy for most people. There are all sorts of ways to put it off or cloud the waters, but these methods make things worse for the dumpee, and, in the long run, the dumper. The less
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Are you guilty of listening to this bad dating advice? There is so much bad dating advice—from dating sites, books, magazines, well-meaning friends—it’s hard to know what works anymore. Here’s some of the worst dating advice that I’ve found, and some of what works too. “Use a good pick-up line.” Firstly, DON’T use cheesy pick
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In the world of emotional affairs, Facebook is a major facilitator. Facebook can easily set up real-world affairs too. If you’re worried your partner is cheating on you through Facebook, there are some telltale signs. Before you read through them below, consider this finding from a 2014 study of online behaviour: a growing number of
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Can you discuss big differences in your relationship? Have you ever been in a relationship where you’ve had big differences that have been hard to deal with? It’s an interesting dilemma where for some couples it means they can discuss and debate their differences. For other couples it can be a dealbreaker that means the
Pregnancy can mean a lot of changes in your relationship Expecting a new little one is an exciting time in a relationship. Whether it was planned or was a surprise does not matter when both parents are joyfully awaiting the birth of their new baby. However, pregnancy has a way of changing a lot of
Growing Pains: Common Relationship Changes during Pregnancy Read Post »
Online dating is now mainstream, but are you feeling overwhelmed by choice? Online dating is no longer a fringe activity—people young and old use online dating services and apps to meet up because they are fast, cheap, and easy. Also, online dating has developed over the years from something sketchy to mostly legit. People who
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