Relationships
Articles on the applied positive psychology of relationships and communication based on the latest scientific insights.
12 Signs of Emotional Infidelity & Cheating
Emotional infidelity refers to an emotional involvement with a person outside of your relationship that threatens the commitment, trust, and intimacy of your primary relationship. [...]
What Is Emotional Cheating?
Your partner seems to be spending a lot of time with someone they met at work. While they promise it’s only friendship and nothing physical [...]
How Emotional Support Animals Promote Mental Health
Many of us will have experienced a soothing sense of calm when hugging a much-loved pet. Petting your cat or dog stimulates the release of [...]
Fostering Community Engagement with Positive Psychology
We are born into communities, spend our lives bonding with new communities, and once we’re no longer here, those same communities will celebrate our lives. [...]
How to (Re-)Build Trust in a Relationship
Trust isn’t owed; it’s earned. Earning trust requires taking risks and demonstrating that you value the relationship enough to invest in its growth and healing. [...]
What Is Codependency? 20 Signs & Symptoms
As a business and technology consultant for many years, I witnessed various instances of codependency in the workplace. While codependency often presents itself in therapeutic [...]
What Is Emotional Blackmail? Examples & How to Deal With It
Since becoming a psychologist, I’ve become acutely aware of how easily people fall into patterns of emotional blackmail, especially when the stakes are high. Hasn’t [...]
Attachment Theory, Bowlby’s Stages & Attachment Styles
You may, like me, have an initial sense that old theories such as attachment theory have had their day. And yes, there is newer, shinier [...]
Anxious Attachment Style: What It Is (+ Its Hidden Strengths)
In the realm of human relationships, attachment styles shape our perceptions of intimacy and emotional fulfillment. Anxious attachment style, a type of insecure attachment characterized [...]
Secure Attachment Style: Why It Matters & How to Nurture It
Imagine a relationship where trust flows effortlessly, communication is a breeze, and both partners feel equally cherished, respected, and free. Welcome to the world of [...]
