communication styles

Child Development & Health

Helping your kids discern between message and messenger

Teaching your kids effective communication is a critical part of parenting -- and one we often don’t think about enough. With...

Couple Time & Romance

The best things you can do for your relationship

Making a relationship work takes effort. Check out our list of tried-and-true strategies to improve how you and your partner...

Marriage

Small gestures that can improve your marriage

It’s easy to forget about little niceties when you’re stressed out and overwhelmed with everyday life. But if you forget about the...

Wedding Etiquette

10 Rules for bridezillas

This may come as news to you, but your wedding day is not the one day of your life where you're allowed to become a screaming,...

Dating

How to resolve your next argument

Fights are a fact of relationship life. The hard part, of course, is resolving them quickly and in a way that doesn’t leave one...

Marriage

How to deal with marriage humps

Remember your wedding day? That beautiful, blissful day when you wished you could just freeze time and live in the fantasy forever?...

Marriage

Secrets for maintaining a successful marriage

Marriage is a wonderful thing, but it also takes hard work if you want it to succeed. For that reason, we turned Tina B. Tessina,...

Marriage & Relationships

7 Smart reasons to break up

We all know the major reasons to breakup with someone: infidelity, no common goals, abuse, loss of interest. But do you really have...

Breakups

How to really get over your ex

Don't let a breakup devastate your life. Follow these tips to move forward and really get over your ex-husband or ex-boyfriend.

Exercise & Fitness

10 Tips for getting your couch potato guy off the couch

If your man prefers the couch and potato chips to breaking a sweat and improving his health, you’ll need to be cunning in motivating...

Couple Time & Romance

Sex talk: How to get exactly what you want from your partner

Whether your sex life is really good or a little bit lacking, it can always be better. If you aren't getting exactly what you want...

Breakups

How to help your BFF through a breakup

If your BFF has just been dumped there are a few ways you can make things easier for her. Follow our steps to keeping your...

Marriage

My husband, the clam

Ever wonder why your husband won't talk with you much? Oh, sure, he's good for the occasional riff about work or sports, and he...

Breakups

How to get your ex-boyfriend back

You thought he was your soulmate. You were sure you were going to spend the rest of your lives together -- but you broke up, and now...

Breakups

How to know it’s time to move on

My friend Sharon says she knew her seven-year relationship was over when she realized that she spent more time fantasizing about how...

Couple Time & Romance

Avoid cheating temptation

A new infidelity story seems to hit the media waves every week, and as widely accepted as cheating has become among celebrities, it...

Marriage

Killing him not-so-softly with your silence

The Silent Treatment. Does it work for you? Could there be a better way to deal with conflicts in your relationship? Read on...

Dating

4 Signs your relationship is going nowhere

Are you in a dead-end relationship? Sometimes, it's easy to see the writing on the wall -- but other times, things aren't so clear....

Marriage

5 Signs he's having an affair

Do you suspect your significant other is having an affair? Don't start making wild accusations just yet. Watch for these signs that...

Libido & Sexuality

Communicating sexual dissatisfaction

For many, having sex is easier than talking about it. Yet, couples who claim to have fantastic sex lives unanimously agree: A main...

Couple Time & Romance

Do you know how to flatter your man?

Do you know how to flatter your guy? Take this quiz to see if you know a guaranteed way to make your guy beam (and think you’re...