When silence settles in and weighs more than any word, it's a sign that something essential has broken in the relationship.

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While we often hear about the big red flags of a failing relationship, the quiet signs are often just as telling. We explore ...

Some words are more perceptions and judgments than actual feelings. Words like betrayed, abandoned, rejected, humiliated, and ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven’t seen since. She’s around my age. We ...

And one more finding worth noting: emotional safety, the foundation of vulnerability and play, is a critical predictor of ...

Dear Abby advises a man who once dated a woman that he is now seeing again after both individuals had separate marriages end ...

There must be a give-and-take so that everyone’s needs are met and that both people feel safe and secure in the relationship.

In most dyads, there is an implicit hierarchical power dynamic that I call the 95/70 dynamic, where one partner is cast as overfunctioning in a specific area of the relationship (95/100 able), and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Whether it's your significant other, a friend, or a coworker - all relationships need work. When it comes to building better relationships, it's not as much about what we ...