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Category: Growing Together Without Growing Apart

Growing Together, Not Just Side by Side

Growing Together, Not Just Side by Side

Two people who love each other can still slowly grow in different directions. Growing together is a different thing — and it doesn’t happen by accident. Most couples don’t grow apart in a dramatic way. They grow apart politely. You each develop. You take...
What It Means to “Choose” Your Partner Every Day

What It Means to “Choose” Your Partner Every Day

There’s a phrase that gets used a lot in relationship circles: choose your partner every day. It sounds simple. Maybe even a little greeting-card. But underneath it is something genuinely profound — and genuinely demanding — about what long-term love actually...
How to Have a Better Relationship — Starting With Yourself

How to Have a Better Relationship — Starting With Yourself

Let’s start with something that might be a little uncomfortable to hear. You are difficult sometimes. So is your partner. So is every single person in a relationship on this planet — including me. That’s not an insult. It’s just the truth. And once...