How Your Arguments Might Change After You Get Married

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A new study finds that commitment changes both transgressions and forgiveness in a relationship. In a romantic partnership, disagreements and mistakes are inevitable—but forgiveness is not. So, how does deepening …

Why Your Brain Panics Under Pressure

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Do you ever feel like no matter how prepared you are, you always blank on the big day? This video from TedEd explains how short-term stress could be frying your …

Surviving Infidelity

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Finding out that a partner cheated on you is one of the worst feelings imaginable. Being betrayed by someone close to you is a feeling that no one should have …

Communicating & Taking Responsibility

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Your significant other is not a mind reader. Well, they’re most likely not a mind reader. Unless your significant other possesses some kind of mythical powers that allow them to …

The Heartbreak of Infidelity

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Infidelity is the ultimate betrayal. Weather physical cheating, emotional cheating or a combination of both, the pain of finding out that your partner has cheated on you is second to …

It’s Time to Fight Smarter

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Do you and your partner seem to always be in conflict? Do small disagreements turn into colossal blow-out fights? Or, do you both always seem to be on each other’s …

Psychological Projection: Dealing With Undesirable Emotions

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Psychological projection is a defense mechanism people subconsciously employ in order to cope with difficult feelings or emotions. Psychological projection involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather …

Our Inner Voice, How It Makes You, You

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I think, therefore I am,’ the 17th-century philosopher René Descartes proclaimed as a first truth. That truth was rediscovered in 1887 by Helen Keller, a deaf and blind girl, then …

What Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

What Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. Essentially, low ability people do not …