All about the second betrayal of a rewritten history and how to protect your sanity.
The Empty Chair That Revealed Something About My Marriage
I didn’t realize how much of her was in the room until she wasn’t.
I didn’t realize how much of her was in the room until she wasn’t.
A Confession Is Only as Good as the Peace it Doesn’t Destroy
Honesty without compassion and understanding is but subtle hostility.
Honesty without compassion and understanding is but subtle hostility.
The Fastest Way to Notice Emotional Distance in a Relationship
The person who reaches out first is usually carrying more of the relationship, but that small question has an even bigger one buried inside it.
The person who reaches out first is usually carrying more of the relationship, but that small question has an even bigger one buried inside it.
Doing the “Phone Test” on My Relationship Was a Bad Idea
She passed, I failed
She passed, I failed
Love Isn’t What Keeps a Marriage Alive After Year 5
This is what actually carries a relationship when the feelings start to fluctuate, and why some couples don’t make it.
This is what actually carries a relationship when the feelings start to fluctuate, and why some couples don’t make it.
How to Respond When Someone Twists Your Words in an Argument
What to say, and what not to say, when they are deliberately word twisting.
What to say, and what not to say, when they are deliberately word twisting.
5 Phrases I Have Seen Narcissists Use Naturally to Turn the Tables
And how you slowly end up defending yourself instead of addressing what actually happened.
And how you slowly end up defending yourself instead of addressing what actually happened.
When “I Need Space” Isn’t About Space At All
It sounds mature and reasonable, but it is actually code for something else entirely.
It sounds mature and reasonable, but it is actually code for something else entirely.
5 Things Unhappy Couples Do Every Day That They Think Are Normal
There is a type of bad relationship that doesn’t look bad at all, and if you recognize #3, you are in the danger zone.
There is a type of bad relationship that doesn’t look bad at all, and if you recognize #3, you are in the danger zone.
To Cheat or Not to Cheat
Treating infidelity like a yes or no question and banging our heads on a wall.
Treating infidelity like a yes or no question and banging our heads on a wall.
One Thing Men in Relationships Wish Women Understood
Behind all the silence and the “fixing” is something simpler.
Behind all the silence and the “fixing” is something simpler.
Why People Are Honest in Comment Sections but Not in Their Own Marriages
Something strange happens under stories about long relationships.
Something strange happens under stories about long relationships.
5 Sure Signs She Is Checked Out (And How to Tell if It’s Permanent)
Not knowing will just wear you down.
Not knowing will just wear you down.
Happiness Is an Inside Job
Do you ever think that the trouble was never the dream of happiness, but where we placed it?
Do you ever think that the trouble was never the dream of happiness, but where we placed it?
Why Cheaters Eventually Resent Their Affair Partners
When the person who once felt like an escape turns into a liability.
When the person who once felt like an escape turns into a liability.















