The journey through a broken heart is tough, but you don't have to go it alone. This category is your supportive guide to navigating breakups, loss, and the pain of moving on. Find expert strategies for emotional recovery, rebuilding self-worth, embracing singlehood, and transforming your past love into future confidence. Learn how to heal and grow stronger.
Maintaining a meaningful relationship over long distances presents a unique set of challenges. With limited in-person interactions, couples in long-distance relationships (LDRs) must rely heavily on emotional connection, planning, and mutual trust to sustain their bond. Although every relationship is unique, several strategies can increase the likelihood of success. In this guide, we outline practical […]
Dating is difficult and isolating — especially in the current climate of swiping apps and digital disconnect. But what about for singles with diabetes? What additional challenges do they face…
Just because you and your partner have decided to end your relationship doesn’t mean it needs to be a nasty breakup. In fact, it’s possible to end a relationship gracefully and experience a mature breakup with respect and empathy. We’re here to offer the best breakup advice as we address ways to approach healthy relationship […]
As the name would suggest, one-sided relationships often skew to the wants, needs, and, ultimately, the will power of one in a two-person relationship. Sustainable for a time, eventually the regular expectation of accommodating to another’s needs, in the absence of reciprocity, wears on the more giving partner. Meanwhile, the taker in the relationship grows […]
What is a Codependent Relationship? Understanding Codependency Despite what its name would suggest, codependency is defined as a one-sided, warped, and compensatory style of relationship, in which a person who lacks a firm identity leans on another for support. Because codependent symptomology develops gradually, it’s possible to slip into a codependent dynamic over time, after […]
Assessing Whether the Relationships Is Worth Saving Is your relationship worth saving? It’s not an easy question to ask, nor answer, but it is, of course, an important one. So let’s explore strategies to one, gather perspective on your own relationship, and two, decide whether the damage is salvageable. Identifying the Root Causes of the […]
Even in a secure, healthy relationship, it’s natural for questions to arise as to emotional cheating, a broad and encompassing term meant to describe the gray area around non-physical cheating. Unlike classic infidelity, which hinges on physical acts, emotional cheating is an umbrella term and can include otherwise innocent behaviors, like intimate disclosure. Generally, then, […]
How to Regain Trust in a Broken Relationship: Steps and Considerations If you or your partner has violated the trust in your relationship, getting your relationship back on track can be difficult. Sometimes, when both parties are willing to work toward overcoming the trust issues, it is possible to heal a broken relationship. But other […]
Being in a relationship isn’t always a walk in the park. In fact, even couples who are in the most loving, healthy relationships have to put in the work to maintain that happy relationship status. That said, not every relationship is meant to last forever, and not every couple is truly compatible. If you’re experiencing […]
Heartbreak hurts, but that pain does eventually go away. With time, you’ll slowly begin to heal and start to feel less lonely. However, if you’re in the midst of a breakup, you might be in search of some inspiration to overcome the breakup blues, and that’s where healing quotes can help. After all, nearly everyone […]
Navigating a post-breakup landscape can feel like a rollercoaster of emotions. It might seem like you’re ping-ponging from confusion to anger to sadness and then back again. All of these emotions are part of the stages of a breakup, and learning about them is important for the healing process. Here, we delve into what each […]
From love bombing to situationship, there is a lot of modern dating lingo to keep up with. But one that you should definitely understand is “ghosting.” What is being ghosted, and how do you deal with it if it happens to you? We’re here not only to talk about this unfortunate situation and what it […]
