Although relationships can be good for the mind, body and soul, there are times when connections with others are just downright toxic. Between the big red flags to defensiveness to phrases that should ...

Are you in a toxic relationship? You did not get into your relationship to be treated poorly, ignored, or abandoned. Being abused or denigrated, subjected to reckless spending, deprived of a sex life, ...

Ending a toxic relationship is rarely simple. For many people, staying can feel easier than leaving, even when the relationship is suffocating, draining, and slowly chipping away at confidence. Social ...

Love should feel warm, steady, and grounding. When it explodes like fireworks on day three, something deserves a closer look. At the beginning of a new relationship, intensity can feel intoxicating.

Q. My widowed mother-in-law has been lonely since losing her husband more than five years ago, and recently began dating a deeply religious man whose values differ greatly from hers. Although she ...

For partners willing to treat each other with respect, I believe those relationships are worth the work to make them better. I am all for trying to save intimate relationships and my book, Why Can't ...