By Liesl Peters — 2018
Here are a few tips to help guide you in supporting a loved one with a lifelong, debilitating illness.
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When romantic partners are caregivers.
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If you have ADHD, you might find it hard to date, make friends, or parent. That’s partly because good relationships require you to be aware of other people's thoughts and feelings. But ADHD can make it hard for you to pay attention or react the right way.
Here are 10 ways to offer healthy support without draining yourself or neglecting your own needs, whether you’re in a long-term relationship or just stared dating someone with ADHD.
Conflict doesn’t mean the end of your remarriage, and can actually make it stronger. There are always going to be disagreements; you cannot avoid them entirely. What you can do, however, is become skilled at recovering from disputes by talking about your perspectives afterwards.
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Keep these tips in mind when you’re trying to maintain a healthy relationship while one or both of you are living with chronic illness.
The very qualities that lead to greater emotional satisfaction in peer marriages, as one sociologist calls them, may be having an unexpectedly negative impact on these couples’ sex lives.
The people you surround yourself with have a profound impact on your happiness.
“Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”
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Love is not found in just one person, but in many people and many aspects of our daily lives.
Some tips to help you nourish each other's hearts.