When you choose to stay in a relationship that no longer serves you, you often operate from fear, and not alignment. Here are three reasons why that happens.

A candid breakdown of the five most destructive, routine behaviors that characterize deeply unhappy and toxic relationships.

Staying in an unhappy marriage is more common than you'd think. People often have their reasons—or rather, justifications—for sticking it out despite feeling like they're in a rut. It's easy to tell ...

In everyday life, it's not uncommon to hear stories of men who, despite feeling dissatisfied or even unhappy in their relationships, decide to stay and not take the step to leave. This situation might ...

Tension and marital resentment can be detrimental to both partners' well-being and life satisfaction, especially when it's left unspoken about and unresolved, like a study from the Journal of Family ...

My friend of many years has been in a relationship for 15 years with a guy she is not married to. She tells me all the time that she wants this next step, but he always says, “When this happens” or ...

They sound ordinary. Everyday. But often they’re smoke signals from a crumbling emotional house. Language changes when emotional intimacy erodes. But the real story isn’t in the phrase itself—it’s in ...

When negative emotions build up in men, they may act a certain way to hide their discontent in relationships. So, if your ...

Many of us already know the components of a healthy relationship — things like strong communication, total honesty, and unwavering commitment. But most people don't actually know what these qualities ...

This week, The New York Times sparked online fervor when writer Catherine Pearson penned an article discussing "mankeeping," the hot new internet term describing women's exhaustion and annoyance at ...

When partners are unhappy, they communicate this mostly indirectly. They don't just express unhappiness during arguments - they're meaner, sabotage their partners, and deliberately stir negative ...