5 tips on how to mend your broken heart and smile during the holidays!
Whether your summer breakup still stings, your fall heartbreak feels fresh, or your holiday heartache has yet to happen, one thing’s for sure. The holiday season is here and dealing with a broken heart can be especially tough during these “feel good” months. After all, there are holiday gatherings to attend, mistletoe to stand under (GASP – alone!), and happy couples cozying up to one another wherever you turn.
Tokii TradingPost helps couples compromise and make good on their promises.
Tokii makes sure my long-distance boyfriend and I follow through on the promises we make.
Sometimes we have to treat our relationships like a business arrangement. When traditional, lovey-dovey methods of communicating don't seem to get the job done, it's time to get formal. It's time to use things like "agendas" and "action items." Enter Tokii.com's Trading Post feature, which encourages you to haggle in the name of love. "I'll wash your car on Saturday, if you agree to give me a one-hour back rub." One person suggests a trade and the other half either accepts or negotiates the terms.
Turn those uncomfortable moments into opportunities for personal, relationship and family growth
by Gregg DeMammos
The holidays present couples with extraordinary challenges and opportunities for relationship and personal growth. If we look ahead at what we already know will happen, we can challenge ourselves to rise to the occasion better than ever before. Making agreements as a couple will support the two of you being on the same page, which can be vital as all heck breaks loose as it inevitably does during holiday time. We can also use these opportunities outside of the family situation and bring it into the workplace.
"It's my holiday party, I'll invite who I want to..."
Plus, a holiday gift guide for every stage of a relationship.
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Don't make this holiday season one full of fighting and disagreement.
How to steer clear of ten common holiday-related fights.
Between selecting the perfect gift, booking expensive flights and dealing with the in-laws, the holidays are stressful, and, unfortunately, the closest target for those frustrations is often one's partner. Here are ten common holiday fights couples have during the holidays and how to avoid them.
Pamper yourself, take time to celebrate loving yourself by reflecting on your BEST qualities.
Are you already experiencing a feeling of dread because the Holidays are quickly approaching and you’re single and alone? You’re surrounded with advertising showing happy couples, laughing, kissing and seemingly having a great time. The more you see the worse you feel!
The more you hear, “Tis the season to be jolly” or “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” the more you feel like crying. You wish you could be jolly; if you only knew how.
We've only been dating for three weeks! Should I give him a gift?
eHarmony helps determine the sweet spot between "thoughtful gift" and "too much, too fast."
Once again, 'tis the season for your annual quest to find the perfect Christmas gift for important people in your life. At the best of times, gift-giving can be a strange and stressful mixture of obligation and a genuine desire to show appreciation for the relationship. It's hard enough to get it right with people you know well — close friends and family.
When you have an urge to reach out, inquire, or spy ...
Believe me, I understand how strong the impulse to engage is, but you will be so proud of yourself when you resist it. Every single woman I spoke with reported how satisfied she felt when finally tak- ing control of this behavior. I know you can do this and I promise that you will feel relieved and powerful. Following these suggestions will help you break free. Quiz: Are You the One for Me?
Holiday time is difficult for most of us... try these tips to beat the holiday blues!
Here’s one of the best-kept secrets: Holiday time is difficult for most of us. At this time of year there’s an unspoken pressure to look and feel happy even if we aren’t. Family problems take center stage as we gather with relatives to celebrate. We’re reminded of holidays past when we may have lost loved ones or had other intense personal difficulties with which to contend. Need I say more?
The folks I counsel seem to be struggling with the holidays this year more than ever. There are a few reasons for this:
Gifts are not the only ways to show generosity in your relationship.
The National Marriage Project uses 4 questions to measure generosity, a sign of happy relationships.
Studies show that being a generous partner not only makes for a happier relationship, but actually provides health benefits for both partners. But how can you tell whether you're truly generous? Many people have trouble assessing this personality trait, and tend to overestimate their own generosity. Others are chronic "givers," letting their significant other walk all over them and often not even knowing it.
Does your holiday gift-giving style match your guy's?
Plus, 5 reasons "wingwomen" are the future, and why hamster owners are just so goshdarn dateable.
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