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Five Ways to Get a Do-Over from Your Spouse
I’ve learned (the hard way) that trying to ignore these behavior blunders can strain my relationships, which only compounds the original error. That’s why, lately, I’ve started to employ an old childhood ploy: the do-over. It’s like an apology wrapped in a second-chance.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer Haupt Tags: Happiness Relationships Stress Therapy apology cheating spouse communication marriage problems romance Source Type: news

Making Space for Grieving
Thoughts about how to create some time and space for grieving after the loss of a loved one.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sherry Hamby, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Resilience Self-Help bereavement death grief loss Source Type: news

CES 2015: People Don't Need People -- They Need Gadgets
I went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. I was supposed to go with my partner, but we had a fight. I went alone. I saw robots, drones, cars controlled by Smart Watches, but is there a gadget to help relationships? I found it and you won't believe what it was. Read on...read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judy Carter Tags: Creativity Neuroscience Relationships Social Life CES 2015 las vegas ces smart watch vibrators Source Type: news

How to Be Happy in Your Relationship
Research-backed ways to keep you and your partner happy in a relationship.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jen Kim Tags: Relationships change conflicts long term partners soulmates Source Type: news

Dating: From Tinder to Tender
Technology can be highly misleading about what matters most in the search for a mate.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hara Estroff Marano Tags: Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life dating dating apps Grindr love mate online datng personality Tinder uniqueness Source Type: news

The Quickest, Smartest Way to Create More Love in Your Life
In deciding your most important goals for 2015, don’t forget the factor that's most likely to give you joy, contentment, and a deep sense of personal meaning and mission. We all know what that is: It's loving relationships. I'm referring to all forms of love, not just romantic love. Here is the simplest and best way to create a more love-filled year ahead.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ken Page, L.C.S.W. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help Social Life 2015 attractions children closeness connectedness contact list dating deeper dating family finding love friendships intimacy isolation micro-meditations psychotherapy reso Source Type: news

2 Simple Steps for Improving Relationships
Solving relationship problems is simple -- stop doing what the other guy hates, do more of what he likes. Where you get stuck is in getting stuck. Some ways to move forward and do the best you can do.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Taibbi, L.C.S.W. Tags: Happiness Relationships Self-Help interpersonal communication interpersonal skills solving problems Source Type: news

Usher: How Do You Manage Working With Your Loved One?
Mixing work with love?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jane Greer, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships celebrities celebrity celebrity marriage celebrity relationships grace miguel love & singer usher ' s engagement Source Type: news

Why Some Other Women Cheat
The main reason some women cheat is that their relationships are unsatisfactory. Then there are some other women. It’s not that their marriages are bad; it’s not their partners are bad; it’s not that they are bad. It’s that they want more excitement.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Frances Cohen Praver, Ph.D. Tags: Neuroscience Relationships infidelity psychotherapy Source Type: news

Keeping Jealousy to Yourself
Can you keep jealousy to yourself? Or is it acted out, publicly, like a madman or a fool?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Toohey Tags: Relationships domestic violence human emotions jealousy literature Othello philosophy Roland Bathes sexual jealousy Source Type: news

Part 2: Getting Married Makes You Happier? No [UPDATED]
Heard about the recent research supposedly showing that marrying makes people lastingly happier? It actually showed that in vast swaths of the world, married people are not happier than single people. It also replicated the finding that any increase in happiness among people who get married and stay married is just a short-lived honeymoon effect. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Media Relationships Social Life authentic lives bogus claims discrimination federal laws friends marriage matrimania methodological flaws Single at heart single people singlism stereotyping Source Type: news

Part 2: Getting Married Makes You Happier? Again, No
Heard about the recent research supposedly showing that marrying makes people lastingly happier? It actually showed that in vast swaths of the world, married people are not happier than single people. It also replicated the finding that any increase in happiness among people who get married and stay married is just a short-lived honeymoon effect. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Media Relationships Social Life authentic lives bogus claims discrimination federal laws friends marriage matrimania methodological flaws Single at heart single people singlism stereotyping Source Type: news

3 Tips for Love & Pain
Couples in hot romantic love feel fantastic! They glow. And, it turns out that love has a surprising protective effect against pain. Intense romantic love brings euphoric pleasure and it also confers analgesic benefit, according to two separate Stanford studies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Beth Darnall Tags: Happiness Relationships chronic pain romantic love Source Type: news

Getting Married Makes You Happier? Again, No (Part 1)
In this, the first of 2 posts on the latest study claiming that getting married makes you happier, I explain why no study has ever definitively shown that getting married causes people to become happier – and no study ever will. In Part 2, I'll critique the latest study in detail.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Media Relationships Social Life authentic lives bogus claims discrimination federal laws friends marriage matrimania methodological flaws Single at heart single people singlism stereotyping Source Type: news

How to Heal After Upsets: A Safe 4-Step Route to Recovery
You're mad. Your partner is mad as well. What next? Just forget about it? Bear a grudge? Will talking over what happened just make matters worse? This effective 4-step sequence is what the couples in my therapy practice learn to do so that their inevitable occasional upsets lead to an ever-stronger relationship.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - January 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Resilience Self-Help Therapy heal after upsets healing after upsets healing relationships relationship repair Source Type: news