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Relationships Blogs

  • Jeremy Sherman

    Ambigamy

    Insights for the Deeply Romantic and Deeply Skeptical
  • dating coach Wayne Elise

    Art of Charisma

    Teaching men and women how to meet and connect.
  • Susan Pease Gadoua

    Contemplating Divorce

    Whether you should stay or go.
  • Sam Margulies

    Divorce for Grownups

    Divorce Need Not be Destructive--Here's Why
  • Terri Apter

    Domestic Intelligence

    From surly teens to tough mothers-in-law, how to understand what's going on in your family.
  • William Ickes

    Everyday Mind Reading

    Exploring and improving "empathic accuracy," our ability to guess the thoughts and feelings of other people.
  • Family Secrets

    How families are changing and not changing in our multicultural computer-centric world.
  • Diana Kirschner, Ph.D.

    Finding True Love

    How to break bad dating habits and discover the joys of lasting love.
  • Judith Sills

    Getting Naked Again

    Resuming Romantic Relations After You've Been Divorced, Widowed, Dumped or Distracted
  • Aaron Ben-Zeév

    In the Name of Love

    A Philosopher Looks at Our Deepest Emotions
  • Insight Is 20/20

    Exploring the pervasive, and unperceived, patterns that govern our lives.
  • Michael R. Cunningham, Ph.D.

    Love & Work, Power & Play

    Discussion of the social and evolutionary forces that influence personal and public relationships, including romance, work behavior, the media and politics.
  • John Buri

    Love Bytes

    Insights on Our Deepest Desire
  • Frances Cohen Praver, Ph.D.

    Love Doc

    Plumbing the depths of the psychology and neurobiology of love.
  • Linda Young

    Love in Limbo

    The paradoxes of dating and mating.
  • Pepper Schwartz

    Love Lessons

    Everything you need to know about love and sex.
  • Howard Markman

    Making Love Last

    How to have the relationship you want.
  • Helen Fisher

    Of Human Bonding

    An Anthropologist's View
  • One and the Same

    My life as an identical twin.
  • Signe Whitson

    Passive Aggressive Diaries

    Understanding passive aggressive behavior in families, schools, and workplaces.
  • Pathological Relationships

    Dealing With a Problem Partner
  • Robin Stern

    Power in Relationships

    How You Get It; How you Keep it; How You Give It Away
  • Queen of the Road

    The Married Shrinks' Guide to Love, Life, and All That Stuff
  • Marsha Lucas, PhD

    Rewire Your Brain For Love

    How to change your brain in ways which support healthier, more satisfying relationships.
  • Nancy Kalish

    Sticky Bonds

    Lost Loves, Romances, and Families in the 21st Century.
  • Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

    The Attractionologists

    Investigating the Science of Attraction and Relationships
  • Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

    The Dance of Connection

    Rescuing women and men from the quicksand of difficult relationships.
  • Irene S. Levine, Ph.D.

    The Friendship Doctor

    Send in your friendship questions and quandaries and get expert answers and solutions.
  • Robert Firestone

    The Human Experience

    Creating a more meaningful life
  • Terri Orbuch, Ph.D.

    The Love Doctor

    Making your relationships healthier and more fulfilling.
  • Susan Pinker

    The Open Mind

    The science behind human relationships
  • The White Knight Syndrome

    Rescuing Yourself From Your Need to Rescue Others
  • Robert Feldman

    Truth Be Told

    Learning to Live with the Liars in Our Lives.
  • Michael Bader

    What Is He Thinking?

    Decoding the male psyche.
  • Robert J. Waldinger, M.D.

    What's Love Got to Do With It?

    How Close Relationships Shape our Lives

Relationships Basics

Love is the most profound emotion known to human beings. For most people, romantic relationships are the most meaningful element in their lives. But the ability to have a healthy, loving relationship is not innate. Almost all of us have experienced a failed relationship, and most of us have to work consciously to master the skills necessary to make them flourish.

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