Inspired by a blog post that discussed a woman’s marital issues with a husband who had recently exhibited wild mood swings heretofore unseen in a twenty-five-year-old marriage, Helena Madsen wrote this article to try to [...]
It's a challenge to have a happy marriage. Marriage satisfaction can suffer a slow and inevitable decline over time. Couples therapy is one method that can prevent this. One research study holds promise for an [...]
Love can flow like a fast flowing river or it can be like a dry creek bed. Whatever it looks like, we all crave it. Finding a relationship that encompasses mutual joy and shared responsibility [...]
Is Parental Fighting Harmful? Does parental fighting mold an infant’s brain, affecting the way he or she deals with conflict later? Why do some children respond poorly when exposed to parental conflict, while others seem [...]
New York Times writer Michael Winerip features enduring couples in his "Making It Last" column. Winerip asks couples to reveal the secrets of their successful union. Enduring Couples: Thea & Ron Thea and Ron Capone, [...]
How a couple argues may be more important than what they’re actually arguing about. One such study was performed by Elaine D. Eaker, who surveyed 4000 men and women on whether they vent their feelings [...]
Many musicians, notably John Lennon, Robert Plant, and Mud, have compared the feelings of loneliness, insecurity, or isolation with the physical feeling of coldness. The comparisons may have been more apt than they realized, it [...]
While it has been reliably shown several times that people who are socially isolated from satisfying personal relationships have increased morbidity and mortality, the underlying mechanisms are still fairly mysterious. To further knowledge on the [...]
Dr. Barbara Fredrickson took her experiences from her eighteen years of marriage and used them to create a scientific definition of love. Her definition describes a love that is naturally fleeting, but also capable of [...]
