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No Boundaries: Overcoming Codependence
What you can do to break codependency and cultivate healthier, more satisfying relationships.

Compassionate Communication
When we pay attention to the words we use and the way we use them, we improve the odds of strengthening and deepening our most meaningful relationships.

My Same-Sex Partner Is Meeting My Family for the First Time. Any Advice?
The author of Steven Petrow's Complete Gay and Lesbian Manners offers several practical tips to ensure a positive experience.

Reconnect With Your Partner on a Getaway
Committing to an annual trip can help couples rediscover what brought them together in the first place.

How Stress Affects Your Libido
Tension, exhaustion, and worry are the ultimate libido killers. A renowned sex educator offers tips on how to restore intimacy.

My Partner Likes to Camp, and I Like Hotels — What Should We Do?
In any relationship, says a couples' mediator, it's important to celebrate differences and find common ground.

Better Sleep, Better Marriage?
How much you sleep could influence marital arguments, a recent study says.

How Can I Get My Partner To Put Their Cellphone Down?
Expert tips on how to create a phone-free zone in your relationship.

How to Have Honest Conversations
If you’re craving more authentic connection with others, these five conversation strategies can help.

Love Is Everywhere
How the science-based "positivity resonance" approach to love offers us many chances to experience connection over the course of a day.

A Labor of Love and Loss: Nora McInerny Purmort
Writer Nora McInerny Purmort’s raw and hilarious insights on love, loss, and grief have created a community of change makers ready to help those in need.

Why Face-to-Face Connections Matter to Your Health
When our social lives unfold largely in the digital realm, it can damage our relationships and health in surprising ways. Discover why face-to-face connections count.

How a Healthy, Happy Sex Life Supports Your Health
Here are nine ways a healthy sex life can support your wellness — and vice-versa.

Sexual Intimacy and Mental Acuity
A Dutch study finds sex may keep our minds sharp as we age.

9 Strategies to Create a More Civil, Loving Marriage
Why are we so rude to our spouses, yet courteous, kind, and patient with complete strangers? Paying attention to good manners and small niceties may be the key to sustaining the vitality of your relationships.

Your Brain in Love
The science behind lust, attraction, and attachment — and the enduring mysteries that data can’t explain.

A Better Breakup
Senior editor Courtney Helgoe offers a little background on "conscious uncoupling."

The 5 Love Languages
We explore Gary Chapman’s best-selling book on the five ways most people “speak” love and show you how to connect more deeply with loved ones.

For Love and Money: The Sequel
Author and financial educator Ruth Hayden explains the "four cornerstones" of a healthy partnership, and how they can relieve the stress of sharing a financial life.

Impregnated With Love
Maggie Lyon explains what a trip to a Chagall exhibition taught her about love.