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Are Same-Sex Marriages Different from Heterosexual Marriages?

By American Psychological Association — 2013

Scientists have found that the psychological and social aspects of committed relationships between same-sex partners largely resemble those of heterosexual partnerships.

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Everyday Diplomacy

Your idea of a great Sunday is to rise with the sun for a long run. Your partner, however, has other ideas. His notion of a proper Sunday involves sleeping late and enjoying a leisurely brunch over the Sunday paper.

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Joseph Hart
2007
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Intimacy: The Art of Relationships

How relationships are sabotaged by hidden expectations.

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Lori H. Gordon
2016
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The What and How of True Intimacy

Intimacy. People often confuse it with sex. But people can be sexual without being intimate. One night stands, friends with benefits, or sex without love are examples of purely physical acts with no intimacy involved.

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Marie Hartwell-Walker
2017
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How to End Pandemic Fights with Your Partner

Couples’ fights in lockdown are often about the unremitting intensity of togetherness. The sooner you de-escalate a fight, the sooner you can begin working on real solutions.

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Stephen Marche
2020
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The No. 1 Rule Most Couples Ignore While Arguing

How couples fight is just as important as how they love, and it's one of the most predictive factors for a successful relationship. All couples have conflict and will cause each other distress from time to time.

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Stan Tatkin, Caroline Muggia
2018
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7 Ways to Emotionally Connect with Your Partner

If we want more depth and intimacy and joy in our relationships, we're going to have to develop more emotional connection with our partners, our friends, our family, our co-workers. It's that simple and that challenging.

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Robert Augstus Masters
2020
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Although Two, Live as One

Amma’s advice for couples.

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Mata Amritandamayi (Amma)
2018
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Learn This Surprising Ingredient to Relationship Success

Relationship success requires us to follow this counter-intuitive rule.

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Harriet Lerner
2020
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Overcoming Your Listening Disorder

We naturally become defensive when our spouse begins to criticize us. We listen to refute or correct the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that are inevitably there. The challenge is to listen only to understand.

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Harriet Lerner
2012
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A 10-Minute Meditation on Love Connection

Explore this mindfulness practice from Tara Brach for keeping the lines of communication open and maintaining a deep, loving connection.

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Tara Brach
2017
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LGBTQIA Relationships