By: Sandy Connors In the world of relationships, communication is everything. Yet many couples struggle not because they don’t love each other, but because they don’t understand how to express that love in ways their partner can feel. That’s where Dr. Gary Chapman’s revolutionary concept of the Five Love Languages comes in—a simple yet powerful […]
By: Sandy Connors Many relationships deteriorate not from major conflicts but from ’emotional neglect’—the gradual fading of appreciation that creates a downward cycle of disconnection. Research shows expressing gratitude activates brain regions associated with bonding and rewires neural pathways to connect partners with positive emotions. Learn about how this simple 3-minute daily practice of expressing […]
By: Katarina Kovacevic and Amy Muise// TheConversation.com Portrayals of sex in TV and movies often involve passionate, spur-of-the-moment encounters that seem to have little forethought or planning. Media depictions of sex might then send the message that a feature of hot, fulfilling sex is spontaneity. In fact, in our studies, when we asked partnered people […]