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Feeling Better with Extreme Self-Care

Feeling Better: How to manage stress well with extreme self-care

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Feeling better begins with managing stress well. Not all stress is bad. In fact, at low levels, stress is motivating. However, too much stress is toxic and impairs our physical, mental, emotional, and relational health. Extreme self-care is about learning to manage stress well. It involves stacking simple coping skills together, turning them into daily […]

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Love Habits - How tiny acts of love can make or break a relationship

Love Habits: How Tiny Acts of Love Make or Break a Relationship

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Tiny acts of love can make or break a relationship. I like to call these simple acts of kindness love habits. Love habits are acts of affection that are so routine they almost occur automatically. In other words, a love habit forms when love, affection, and kindness integrate into the couple’s character and become a

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Money Talk for Couples

Money Talk for Couples: Creative Ideas for Financial Intimacy

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How to Have Conversations About Money Without a Fight Money talk is any conversation related to money. This includes discussions about salaries, side hustles, saving and spending, investing, and financial education. Money talk is vital because casual conversations about cash are how human beings become more financially astute. And this is where the problem lies.

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Money Fights

Are Money Fights Necessary?

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Are money fights really necessary? We hope not! Money fights are tensions that center around a couple’s finances. They can range from mild disagreements to all-out wars. Talking about money is essential because the way a couple manages their funds can make or break their relationship. The biggest problems are when unaddressed tensions linger and

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Good questions to ask for couples

Questions to Ask: 71 Conversations to Help Your Relationship Grow

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If we want to get the right answers, then we must ask the right questions. Here are a series of good questions to ask to help your relationship grow. Jenny and I know that conversation starters work because we use them personally. Before Jenny and I married, we bought a book packed with creative questions.

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