Attraction

Are you settling in your relationship? According to Dean C. Delis, author of The Passion Trap, every relationship has a reacher and a settler. A reacher is the "one-down" partner who is dating someone who is somewhat out of their league. The settler is the "one-up" partner who could do better,...

Humans are fairly predictable creatures. Because of this, we crave a sense of differentiation. We all want to be unique. We want to feel special. We want to believe that the rules that apply to all people don’t automatically apply to us. But you know something… It's okay to be human. And...

Your retinas are burning from the glow of your computer screen. Your neck is tense as you type away for the tenth hour of your work day. You forgot to break for lunch. You can feel your eyelids threatening to close; your wrists are already aching. But you just have to finish these last few tasks. After...

You're a few months (or years) into your relationship and you're wondering whether or not this particular pairing has potential. You feel like you've wasted time with past partners and you don't want to make the same mistake again. Well, you're in luck. Having counselled hundreds of people over the...

Online dating has never been easier, more efficient, or less stigmatized. And for good reason. It has been proven that couples who meet online have a higher probability of greater relationship satisfaction, as well as a lower divorce rate. With sites like OKCupid and eHarmony using advanced...

The intimate relationship that you choose to be in will be the single most important decision you ever make in your life. It will affect your health, your finances, and your emotional well-being more than almost any other decision you will make. So why do some people rush into it so haphazardly…...

Does your partner initiate sex less often than she used to? Are the two of you fighting over insignificant things? Has she been less emotionally and sexually available recently? All of these problems stem back to the same issue… Your sex life has gone stale. While men are opened by sexual...

With online dating and booming big city populations changing the dating scene in a massive way, relationships are suffering. It's easy to devalue intimacy when the frictionless market of dating allows you to get out of your current relationship and into a new one within a few days. But you're not...

There is a tricky transition from being a boy to becoming a man.  And through this process a lot of men don't make the full journey. Boy psychology is unaware of it's place in society, primarily self-interested, avoidant, and indecisive.  Boys are reactive and thrive in the role of the victim. Man...

Let’s end this whole “nice guys” myth once and for all… The term “nice guy” has been thrown around in popular culture a lot lately.  A quote unquote “nice guy” is actually a first class manipulator. (I was going to link to an Urban Dictionary definition of a nice guy here, but I found out that they...