#relationships

#relationships

You know how I have much more swag than you? You do? Oh, come on. My half of the conversation is long and elegant and stylish and funny, but yours is always gruff and short and lazy. Hmm. See? What we have is a swag gap. I'm the cool one, and you aren't. It's an ill fit, and frankly I think we're doomed.

Have you run into someone who is always bubbly, upbeat, and never seems down on life? The truth is, everyone experiences both positive and negative emotions-and when someone seems incapable of acknowledging anything less than happiness or joy in their lives, it could be a sign they're avoidant of more uncomfortable feelings. Yes, allowing yourself to recognize and experience sadness, guilt, shame, embarrassment, and anger can be unpleasant. It can bring up painful memories or cause worry about current relationships.

Between teaching MBA students and speaking to a lot of business audiences, I'm often interacting with successful people who work extremely long hours. It's common for me to hear about 13-hour workdays and seven-day workweeks, with few or no vacations. What I see among many of those I encounter is workaholism, a pathology characterized by continuing to work during discretionary time, thinking about work all the time, and pursuing job tasks well beyond what's required to meet any need.

Just because I'm in a hetero[sexual] relationship does not mean I'm straight. And okay, just say all of a sudden I said 'yeah, I'm straight'. Awesome.

Expect a slow start to your morning as the week begins under the tender Cancer moon, helping you prioritize comfort and your emotional well-being. A few extra minutes under the duvet or a comforting conversation with a loved one could make all the difference. By mid-morning, sparks fly as loving Venus coordinates with diplomatic Mars. Your charm, grace, and lightheartedness will make sure people don't forget your name. But you know what's really memorable? Making people feel seen, appreciated, and uplifted.

Our planet of thoughts, communication, and all that is in our minds, Mercury enters Libra on September 18, 2025, where it will remain until October 6, 2025. Whereas Mercury is thinking, Libra is harmonizing. It is beauty, connection, and balance, although the air sign brings the kind of balance that can be measured not only in tangible ways but in the harmonic frequency of the moment.

Coming out as trans can be painful, exciting, and quite a courageous process, rooted in deep self-discovery. Remember that they have not changed who they are, they are revealing themselves more fully to you and the world. They are also experiencing a world of emotions, possibly fear of rejection, loss of love, or misunderstanding. For you it may bring up a variety of different, complex and opposing emotions. You may experience surprise, grief, a deeper understanding, clarity, relief, fear, heartbreak, uncertainty for what the future holds.

Ask any couple what makes a relationship work, and you'll likely hear the usual suspects: good communication, shared values, physical intimacy, maybe even laughter. But there's one emotional skill that rarely makes it to the list, and yet, it quietly determines whether a relationship thrives or simply survives. That skill is "emotional sovereignty." It's not at all flashy. But once a couple begins to practice it, everything changes. From how they argue, to how they reconnect, to how safe they feel in each other's presence.

Shame is an inhibitory emotion on the Change Triangle, the tool that teaches us about emotions. Shame is an emotion designed to keep us from acting in ways that get us banished from the people and groups we need, like our family, peer groups, religious groups, and communities. But when we grew up in environments that harshly punished us for our mistakes, shame tells us to keep our mistakes hidden, lest we "pay the price." That's how shame blocks accountability.

Emotionally mature partners take good care of their own emotions and remain sensitive to yours. You feel safe around them. You can speak your thoughts out loud without the fear of being judged or belittled, and express when you're hurt without questioning whether it will be used against you. During an argument, they don't lash out or stonewall. They listen with curiosity instead of being defensive.

My husband and I (both men in our early 30s) got married very quickly for a variety of reasons. This included but was not limited to: our careers, pissing off his homophobic brother by staging an elaborate proposal at his event, and playing emotional chicken with each other to see if either of us would back down. We didn't, and all of a sudden, I had a husband I had only known for six months. I thought, straight people do it all the time, how hard can it be?

We have been together for three years. Our love was steady, warm, and full of promise. One evening, during a friend's wedding, I noticed that my husband was laughing a little too freely with a woman I didn't know.Inside me jealousy clawed. My mind whispered: "Who is she? Does he like her? Am I not enough?" The old me would have kept quiet and let the resentment pile up. But this time, I chose honesty.

"Bryan and I are no longer together. After leaving the villa, it became very clear that we were on two different journeys," Espinal wrote on her Instagram story. "Our visions didn't align and relationships are supposed [sic] to be a team sport. You don't have to drink the whole sea to know it's salty." She added: "All love here and I truly wish him the best."

By all accounts, Love Is Blind: UK season two is one of the most successful endings we've ever seen. All of the couples except for one are now married, and even the pair who didn't get married parted on an "it's not a no - it's when we're ready." No one's parents refused to show up out of spite, no one's brother started a fight with the groom, and even the couple who did not get married ended on an amicable note.

The definition of flourishing we have used at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard is "the relative attainment of a state in which all aspects of a person's life are good, including the contexts in which that person lives." Understood thus, flourishing is an ideal. It is not something we ever attain perfectly in this life. Flourishing is also multi-dimensional. We may be flourishing in certain ways, but not in others.

Reality TV is generally not the first place one should turn to find models of effective communication. That's why it was shocking to watch a scene in the latest season of Love Island US, in which Chris, a basketball player, asks the woman he's seeing Huda, a fitness influencer if there's anything he does that bothers her. It affects his mood when something goes wrong, but I'm confused about what happened, he says.

A woman may not leave you because she's unfaithful-sometimes it's because of how you treat her, or what you fail to give emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. If you take her for granted, another man who pays attention might win her heart. 1. Lack of AttentionIf you're too busy, distracted, or glued to your phone and never notice her needs, another man who listens and pays attention may attract her.

I'm an introvert. Actually, I'm one of those extroverted introverts. Once I force myself to get out there and talk with people, I really enjoy it. But the thought of it beforehand can be overwhelming. I also consider myself a creative person. I do a lot of wondering and mulling and some occasional stewing and brewing and dwelling. It's solitary and sometimes lonely up there inside my head.

Demanding too much from a partner may lead to losing them, especially when one partner feels the need for space and the other needs closeness.