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Couples Therapy Isn't Just For Failing Relationships - and this is why

Couples Therapy Isn't Just For Failing Relationships - and this is why

Kirstie Taylor
It’s been eight months since my boyfriend, and I began couples therapy. After reading that, you may be assuming two things. The first is that couple’s therapy was all my...
Broken Self-Trust takes a lifetime to restore, but I’m getting there

Broken Self-Trust takes a lifetime to restore, but I’m getting there

Megan Wray
Trigger warnings: this piece on broken self-trust explores the personal experience of the writer. It describes a series of consequences of that lack of self-trust that include severe anxiety, depression...
Moving friendships: what to do with all the people you're leaving behind

Moving friendships: what to do with all the people you're leaving behind

Mara Franzen
There’s a lot to think about when it comes to moving. Usually we think about the packing, managing logistics, and setting up a new place. The bigger or further the...
Planning your own engagement: why is it a taboo?

Planning your own engagement: why is it a taboo?

Kirstie Taylor
In a couple of weeks, my boyfriend and I are taking a trip to San Francisco to meet with an engagement ring designer. We already had a virtual meeting and...
Living together: the 5 most common arguments & how to navigate them

Living together: the 5 most common arguments & how to navigate them

Kirstie Taylor
When two people are living together they have their varying opinions, life experiences, and personalities. So it’s safe to assume that arguments will be inevitable. As the song goes, we’re...
Trying to connect with an Acts of Service person Long Distance?

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

Mara Franzen
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...
Are all my friends more successful than me?

Are all my friends more successful than me?

Mara Franzen
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...
When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

When Quality Time is the secret of your LDR

Mara Franzen
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...
My Breakups Weren’t a Loss: They Were a Blessing

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

Kirstie Taylor
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...
4 Conversations  I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

4 Conversations I Had With My Boyfriend Before Moving In Together

Kirstie Taylor
    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....
5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

5 questions you should ask yourself before breaking up

Kirstie Taylor
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...
When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

When Your LDR’s Love Language is Receiving Gifts

Mara Franzen
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...