Don't Hold Your Feelings In When Your Partner Upsets You

Don’t Hold Your Feelings In When Your Partner Upsets You

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If your partner does something that upsets you, you need to speak up about how you feel immediately — without yelling. Therein lies the problem for a lot of people. Don’t hold your feelings in when your partner upsets you. …

If You Escape Your Relationship You're Going To Lose It

If You Escape Your Relationship You’re Going To Lose It

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Do you avoid intimacy or spending time with your significant other? Do you need a lot of space? If so, you’re pushing him or her away. I need to warn you, if you escape your relationship you’re going to lose …

Don't Manifest Your Relationship Fears

Don’t Manifest Your Relationship Fears

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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt Fear of abandonment, fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, fear of change, fear of rejection, fear of failure, and even fear of success — fear destroys relationships. You have …

Your Emotional Wall Keeps You Alone

Your Emotional Wall Keeps You Alone

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Being emotionally open in a relationship is very scary for people who are uncomfortable with feeling vulnerable. Putting up an emotional wall to hide behind feels safe. After all, it is much easier to get angry than to share what you’re truly feeling. But …

8 Signs Your Relationship is Too Hard

8 Signs Your Relationship is Too Hard

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Did you think you possibly found the love of your life but you’re not feeling happy? Are you frequently frustrated, confused, angry, or sad? Do you feel like you’re bending over backward and jumping through hoops to be there for your …

Taking Your Relationship For Granted Will End It

Taking Your Relationship For Granted Will End It

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Taking your relationship for granted is easy to start doing when life gets busy. Unfortunately, too many people don’t change their behavior until their partner has left them, and then it’s too late. If you value your relationship, show your …

Do Long Distance Relationships Work?

Do Long Distance Relationships Work?

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There are both good and bad elements to a long distance relationship. The really good is that it usually creates great communication. But the huge caution is that people with commitment issues are very comfortable in a long distance relationship, and they don’t …

The Question to Find Out How Good Your Relationship Is

The Question to Find Out How Good Your Relationship Is

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Want to know how good your relationship is? Are you happy? Are you getting your needs met? Do you feel understood and valued? It doesn’t matter how wonderful you think your partner is if he or she doesn’t make you …