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The Influence of Porn on Relationships
The scope of pornography has become much larger in recent years. For decades, it was limited to romance novels, print magazines, and 42nd street films. Then films became more accessible and pay-per-view, but then all of a sudden, the internet happened and accessibility, range and volume skyrocketed.
The Aftermath of Infidelity
The aftermath of infidelity is really lonely – and it totally sucks. Experiencing infidelity is incredibly complex and often people are left feeling alone and unsupported at a time that is incredibly painful and lonely to begin with.
Attachment Styles: A Summary
As humans, we need to be attached to others in order to thrive. Studies have shown that being attached to a partner in a healthy and stable relationship lowers your blood pressure and can add years to your life. Likewise, staying in an unhappy relationship will raise your blood pressure and threaten your health and longevity.
Communication Styles in Relationships
Communication is a common pitfall for relationships. We all have different ways of engaging in different circumstances and when we are faced with miscommunications or outright disagreement and conflict, our nervous systems become on high alert and often result in our communication styles betraying our true intentions.
Loneliness Can Be Healthy
We’ve probably all experienced feeling lonely in our relationships. Sometimes the feeling of loneliness is worse in a relationship than actually just being alone. But there’s another type of loneliness that can happen in relationships. And it’s a healthy one.
I Love My Partner. Why Did I Blow Up My Life Like This?
Most content about infidelity is about the partner who was betrayed, and for good reason. However, it is also important for the person who did the betrayal to have a safe place to explore their behavior and investigate their story if this is something that they are willing to do. If you find that you are the one who did the cheating and are now feeling the overwhelming weight of remorse and confusion about your own decision, this might be for you.
Attachment Styles in Sexual Relationships
There are three main styles of attachment: secure, anxious and avoidant. They are established in childhood and then show up in our relationships throughout our lives. Today, we’re talking specifically about different attachment styles in our sexual relationships. It’s important to keep in mind that like most things, attachment exists on a spectrum.
Attachment Styles and Where We Learned Them
Attachment style is another way of understanding how we show up in relationships. It’s rooted in our childhood experiences with our parents and determines how we interact with our romantic partners.
Establishing Expectations in Romantic/Sexual Relationships: Conversations to have
We talk a lot about issues in relationships, like infidelity. Why is infidelity so prevalent when couples have agreed upon rules and expectations in their relationships?
Navigating Infidelity During the Holidays: The Support You Actually Need
Whether the infidelity was first revealed around the holidays or you are living through one of the many “firsts” in the aftermath of finding out, it can be an incredibly painful season. One of the hardest parts for many people is the social stigma and expectations in the aftermath of an affair.
2 types of infidelity & the healing that comes afterward
The main difference between physical and emotional infidelity in terms of healing is that often the unfaithful partner will be more defensive of and denying of an emotional affair. It is much more difficult to defend physical affairs, especially when there is explicit evidence.
Domestic Violence isn’t only what you think…
Domestic abuse can show up in a number of ways that are all equally as damaging. Here are the 3 main types of domestic abuse explained.
5 Key Principles to healing after infidelity
Infidelity isn’t a death sentence to a relationship. Despite what is popularly touted in social circles. In fact, 57% of couples stay together post infidelity. The number one thing needed to heal from infidelity is that the partner who strayed from the relationship actually wants the marriage.
Why infidelity is never your fault.
‘What could I have done differently so that my partner would love me enough to be faithful?’ We know this is the ugly truth of infidelity. But we also know that infidelity is never your fault