Long-distance relationships, like close-proximity relationships, can be challenging, and they can cause doubts. But they can also be truly enjoyable and liberating.
About Kyle Benson
This Is Dating: A Podcast About First Dates
Listen in on conversations and experiences while also learning about connection, relationships, and how to navigate dating in the current state of the world.
Listen in on conversations and experiences while also learning about connection, relationships, and how to navigate dating in the current state of the world.
5 Steps to the Roach Motel of Relationships & How to Stay Out of It
Some couples become stuck in the quicksand of being nasty toward each other despite their love for one another.
Some couples become stuck in the quicksand of being nasty toward each other despite their love for one another.
New Year’s Resolutions: A New Opportunity for Intimacy (20+ Questions to Ask Your Lover)
Use the new year as a new opportunity to build a deeper connection with one another.
Use the new year as a new opportunity to build a deeper connection with one another.
The Black Friday of Relationships (& The Holiday Challenge)
The difference between the masters of relationships and the disasters is the masters focus on what they have, while the disasters focus on what is missing in their partner and overlook the good enough qualities that are there.
The difference between the masters of relationships and the disasters is the masters focus on what they have, while the disasters focus on what is missing in their partner and overlook the good enough qualities that are there.
Healthy Relationships: Does Your Lover Actually Love You?
If the person you are seeing is responsive and genuinely concerned about your happiness and security, then you’ve found an awesome partner.
If the person you are seeing is responsive and genuinely concerned about your happiness and security, then you’ve found an awesome partner.
Conflict in Relationships Isn’t the Root of All Evil
When our partner makes this bid for connection, we have a choice to respond by turning towards and connecting, or turning away/against and disconnecting.
When our partner makes this bid for connection, we have a choice to respond by turning towards and connecting, or turning away/against and disconnecting.
4 Anxious Attachment Strategies That Sabotage Intimate Relationships
Even though these strategies may work in the short term, in the long-run the partner who is guilted into doing something becomes less and less satisfied in the relationship.
Even though these strategies may work in the short term, in the long-run the partner who is guilted into doing something becomes less and less satisfied in the relationship.
Value Attracts Value
Everything you’ve ever enjoyed or disliked was a result of the value you gave that object, person, or experience.
Everything you’ve ever enjoyed or disliked was a result of the value you gave that object, person, or experience.
Defensiveness Doesn’t Protect a Relationship: 4 DIY Remedies
Being defensive blocks connection, compassion, and isolates you from your partner.
Being defensive blocks connection, compassion, and isolates you from your partner.
5 Relationship Books That Will Profoundly Change the Way You Love
Each book has unique exercises that have helped many, including myself, become the lover and person I am today.
Each book has unique exercises that have helped many, including myself, become the lover and person I am today.
Values in Dating Are Important
Everything in life has a value, and just like happiness, our value differs from anyone else.
Everything in life has a value, and just like happiness, our value differs from anyone else.
The Age of the First Datepreneur
Online, people tend to seek the ideal profile, rather than someone with real potential.
Online, people tend to seek the ideal profile, rather than someone with real potential.
Women Do Not Judge Attractiveness by a Man’s Resources
Attractiveness is a game of blind man’s poker.
Attractiveness is a game of blind man’s poker.
Trust & Commitment: Why Every Happy Relationship Needs It
“Without trust, there can be no meaningful connection.” –Brené Brown
“Without trust, there can be no meaningful connection.” – Brené Brown
Dependency in Relationships: What to Expect
Studies show that when you are in a secure relationship, you will become bolder, more innovative, and happier.
Studies show that when you are in a secure relationship, you will become bolder, more innovative, and happier.