Our Relationship Advice & Couples Therapy Blogs

Being Single: Learning to Embrace Yourself

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Being single isn’t some ominous period of your life, and it doesn't have to be a mad scramble to get into a relationship. The truth is that being single is actually an opportunity to focus on yourself, your needs, your desires, and most importantly, your worth. It’s how people learn about themselves and how to appreciate who they are. It’s true that being in a relationship is a rewarding experience for most, but being single can be too!

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How to Prevent Work From Affecting Mental Health

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Making changes to working from home has put enough stress on our job situations, and for many, going to work was already a stressful experience. It’s become vitally important to prioritize mental health on and off the job. Even if the culture makes it difficult, knowing how to cope with workplace stress can ensure your relationship and home life go unaffected by your career pursuits.

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Working Together as a Couple Without Sacrificing Your Marriage or Work

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Whether you’re a couple of entrepreneurs or one of the lucky few who met their partner on-the-job, it’s important to be mindful of how your work can impact your relationship and vice versa. With the pandemic still keeping many of us glued to our home offices, navigating the balance between work and life can be especially stressful. In some ways those stressors are made worse by having to share your workspace with your partner, but with a little mindfulness, patience, and respect, couples can work together harmoniously without it affecting their relationship.

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Building Independence for a Healthier Relationship

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Slowly but surely, we’re all emerging from quarantine and reconnecting with those outside of our immediate circle. Coming out of a pandemic, where we spent the majority of our time indoors with our partner, it’s more important than ever to remember the value of independence in sustaining a healthy relationship.

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Self Care Vs Self Love: What's the Difference?

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They’ve become buzz words for some and mantras for others, but “self care” and “self love” hold different meanings, and they are both important to your mental health. In fact, there are several definitions of these phrases floating around on the internet, but there are general principles to each that make them worth pursuing regularly no matter the exact definition you abide by.

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How Do You Know What’s in Your Loved One’s Best Interest?

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When you care about someone, it's normal to want to improve their life and situation in any way you can. But what you consider help or improvement may actually be unwelcome or disruptive from the other person's perspective. So, when we see someone we love struggling with some aspect of their life, how do we know what is in the best interest of the person?

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