Category Archives: couples

3 Reasons You May Be Struggling To Find Love

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There are so many types of love we can experience. Platonic, unconditional, soul-level, maternal, long-term, brief and passionate, arranged, etc. It would be wrong to presume that everyone is out there looking for the same kind. If you are solely seeking a midnight rendezvous kind of love, we celebrate your adventurous spirit and enjoy that […]

Compatibility Versus Chemistry and Why You Need Both in Your Life

Compatibility and chemistry are often disguised and mistaken for one another. They are intangible constructs that cannot be seen by the eye nor calculated using a precise formula. These factors are more intuitively felt rather than analyzed with data. Because of this, people often struggle to identify their presence (or lack thereof) in potential mates […]

How Meditation Can Change Your Sex Life and Why You Need to Go Meditate RIGHT NOW.

Ancient Indian and Chinese scriptures hold countless pages referencing the training of the mind as early as 1500BC. Buddhist, Hindu, Christianity, Islam—nearly all religions—suggest how vital the practice of the mind is to wellness. They teach that the capacity to practice compassion, kindness, love, forgiveness, devotion, or nearly any other aspect of spirituality, wholly require […]

All The Ways We Cheat And How To Define It

While it is clear that infidelity remains among the top reasons for a relationship’s demise, how the act is defined lacks the same transparency. The definition of cheating can vary dramatically based upon sex, culture, age, and individual ideologies governing monogamy. For example, studies reveal that adolescents are more likely to associate cheating with sexual […]

Attachment + You = ?

The quality of your relationships, how you handle conflict, and what you desire from connection to others are all direct products of your attachment style. Attachment theory proposes that the connection we have with our primary caregiver (or lack thereof) during out first few years of life will determine how we behave in all relationships. […]

Control: Expectations vs Reality

A common topic discussed in therapy is control. What it looks like, how it plays out, and the need for it. Control is the act of using power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events used to maintain or increase feelings of safety, security, and capabilities. The desire for control in […]