Relationships

If you are the partner of someone with an intimacy disorder, like a sex addiction, you already live with a particular kind of vigilance. You scan conversations for subtext. You notice when your partner’s phone lights up at strange hours. You feel the low hum of something wrong before you […]

If you’ve asked yourself this question, you already sense the answer. Something has shifted in your relationship. Your partner has formed a deep, consuming connection with someone else. No physical contact has occurred, or at least none that you know of. And yet you feel betrayed. You feel the particular […]

Some men are trying to combat loneliness through a non-traditional method. While romance with an AI bot sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, it’s real. There are increased reports of people forming deep emotional or romantic bonds with chatbots.  Some describe feeling “unconditional love” or are even committing […]

It’s a primal human instinct to desire connection with others. A sense of belonging, trust, and the ability to be vulnerable are all key aspects of meaningful relationships.  Emotional connection is an essential foundation for relationships. It’s not always visible, but it is deeply felt. When your relationship lacks this […]

A lot of people picture infidelity as something physical: a hotel room, a secret phone, a lipstick stain. But some of the most devastating betrayals never involve a single touch. They happen in text threads at midnight, in hours-long phone calls described as “just a friend,” in the slow, quiet […]

You found out your husband has been unfaithful. Now, you feel isolated, but you wonder if you really are. How common is infidelity? It may happen more than you think. And while that doesn’t make it acceptable, it may help you see that you can come out on the other […]