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Trying to connect with an Acts of Service person Long Distance?

Trying to connect with an Acts of Service person Long Distance?

There are 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical touch, Acts of Service, and receiving gifts. Today I’m focusing on Acts of Service. I’ve said it before and...
Mara Franzen
Are all my friends more successful than me?

Are all my friends more successful than me?

I have the coolest friends in the whole entire world. It’s true! They do amazing things, have amazing jobs (and they're successful in them), have found incredible life partners, have...
Mara Franzen
When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

There are five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts. This is second first part in a series where I will look...
Mara Franzen
My Breakups Weren’t a Loss: They Were a Blessing

My Breakups Weren’t a Loss: They Were a Blessing

Breakups are achingly painful to move on from. I won’t deny that heartbreaks caused my most tear-filled nights. At the time, I grappled with thoughts like: “What went wrong?” “Why...
Kirstie Taylor
4 Conversations  I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

4 Conversations I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

    Since the pandemic started, a lot of couples tried moving in together. Many viewed spending months together during the lockdown as a test drive for actually living together....
Kirstie Taylor
5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

I was a serial monogamist for over a decade. I’m not proud to say that I was barely single that entire time. I went through a lot of beginnings but...
Kirstie Taylor
When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

There are five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts. This is the fifth and final part in a Love Language series...
Mara Franzen
Why should queer relationships be any less valid than any other?

Why should queer relationships be any less valid than any other?

It’s an issue that virtually every queer couple faces but rarely explores. Our relationships, no matter how long-lasting or serious, are always perceived differently in the eyes of society. Are...
João Santos Costa
It took me 3 years not talking to my sister to reconnect

It took me 3 years not talking to my sister to reconnect

Sometimes, only time and distance can heal a relationship. I discovered a kind of love I’ve never experienced after not talking to my sister for three years. Finding Love in...
Cristian Figueroa
Setting Boundaries Because I Love You

Setting Boundaries Because I Love You

Making Space Brings Us Closer Together — Not Further Apart. The boundaries you set don't have to be a constraint on your relationships: they can be the force that makes...
Megan Wray
Why don't we give female friendships the attention they deserve?

Why don't we give female friendships the attention they deserve?

Growing up in the 2000’s and 2010’s, all of the media I consumed had convinced me that female friendships were always the subplot. Especially in the movies about growing up....
Alexandra Miller
So your LDR’s Love Language is Physical Touch. Now what?

So your LDR’s Love Language is Physical Touch. Now what?

There are five Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts. This is the first part in a series where I will look...
Mara Franzen