Tag Archives: Relationships

Being Excluded by Others: A Real Pain in the Brain

September 30, 2011 – 11:41 am

When and how is our need for love and connection denied?
In the interpersonal relationship field, we are always doing this dance of connecting and isolating ourselves, going between togetherness and individual action.
But what about group interaction?

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Teach Your Brain to Accept Healthy Love

September 9, 2011 – 10:19 am

Why are we attracted to other people? It’s a question for the ages, isn’t it? Usually, at the heart of the matter, we feel that our attraction to others is just something we can’t explain and can’t control. But something we’ve been talking about here should ring a bell with you now: what if your [...]

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Can There be Boundaries to Love?

August 19, 2011 – 3:16 pm

Communication within relationships can be tough, especially if you bring insecurities and trust issues with you. It can be hard to know where your comfort zone is in terms of humility, intimacy, privacy, honesty and boundaries. But a great relationship relies on all of those things, comfortably shared. So how can you learn to improve [...]

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Feeling Another Person’s Feelings Is The Magic Glue for Love

August 9, 2011 – 3:10 pm

We’ve all heard those old sayings, “Actions speak louder than words” and “Reading someone else’s body language.” But what do they really mean? How can we see those ideas as real satisfaction indicators within relationships? All humans are social creatures at their core – even if those hermit-like people among us don’t realize it. As [...]

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Relationships, Commitment and Distance in Love

August 2, 2011 – 3:08 pm

Is it possible to test how committed you are in a relationship? New studies are suggesting it is, but we’re not talking about couple’s “Survivor” or anything extreme like that. Instead, there’s new evidence that tells us how people learn to love and stay in love, how commitment depends on  mutual feelings, and why some [...]

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