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Use the Holidays to Boost Your Relationship, Not Stress It Out

It’s not uncommon during the holidays for to be so busy with parties, presents, meals, shopping, decorating, and every other form of hoopla that relationships with significant others take a serious hit. Couple relationships are left by the wayside as we become consumed with buying the right fishing rod for Uncle Joe, picking up Aunt Mae for Thanksgiving [...]

5 Texts You Should Send to Your Partner Every Day

By Erin Leyba|2016-04-13T18:13:44+00:00December 14th, 2015|Joyful Partner Relationships|0 Comments

Researchers Lori Schade, Jonathan Sandberg, Roy Bean, and Sarah Coyne found that texting between partners could either help or hurt a relationship. For women, using texts to apologize, work out differences, or make decisions was associated with lower relationship quality. For men, too-frequent texting was associated with lower relationship quality. On the positive side, researchers found that using [...]