Relationship Advice

Getting the Most Out of Your Relationship

10 Most Incredible Mistakes Smart Singles Make

List Developed by “Seminars for Singles,”

10 Most Serious Mistakes

by Andy Whaling & The Dating Singles of Singles Directions

The Argument Pacifier

The next time you and your spouse are stuck in a heated argument that’s not going anywhere, implement the Argument Pacifier!

Can Relationship Classes
Help You Succeed in Love?

Let's face it, they don't teach you how to have a good relationship in school. The old wives tale says that the best way to get over a relationship is to jump into a new one. Unfortunately, if you have a habit of jumping from one relationship to another, you may find you keep recreating the prior that failed.

Fall Tune up for Couples

BY Certified Coaching Expert Judy Whaling

September brings labor day and a moment to reflect on the “Labor of Love”. No relationship survives without effort and ongoing work (labor). Here are some suggestions for what to do/plan now to create a fall full of love.

Great Communication Starters

Ever notice how quickly a conversation between you and your spouse can go downhill with just a few poorly chosen words? Well, there are ways to repair and restore great communication. The following demonstrates how.

Long Distance Relationships: How to do it Successfully

Ideally, we would all meet our future spouses, live in the same town, date for about a year and get married in two and never be separated again, ideally. I have friends who've done this successfully and then there are people like me. The best laid plans? Reality somehow interferes with. The easy way everyone else seems be blessed with, my road will traverse the toughest. Currently I am in a three-and-a-half year relationship; for the past twenty months, it has been long distance with me in Oregon and he in Southern California and Paul and I are not alone.

What do you do when your past comes back to haunt you?

Dear Andy & Judy,

The relationship of my life is about to end and I don't know where to turn. The problem is that neither one of us wants it to end but, now there is a wedge driven between us. My finance has been in counseling for 7-months regarding this issue and it is not helping. The therapy is telling him that the problem lies with the moral system that he was raised with.

Why an Unselfish Attitude is a Prerequisite for a True Romantic

Guest Relationship Contributor: Michael W. DeClue, Author of Secrets of Love And Marriage

Have you ever wished someone could write a prescription for your ailing relationship or marriage, one that would inject it with enough happiness for the two of you?

Workplace Romance Feeling Feminine For the First Time

Dear Couples Company,

Let me first explain my situation which is quite unique...I have been married for quite a few years and my husband has in no uncertain terms, and over the course of our marriage, hinted that he is gay (I had had the feeling that was the case from the time we first met-although he has never been with another man and has never officially come ""out of the closet"").

Caught in the Act: What to do if your partner's child walks in on you having sex.

When do you become an adult? This question is one no person likes to answer, because in a way, we all want to hang on to our youth. Our society, with late marriages and the opportunity for sexual freedom affords us the luxury of postponing adulthood, well into our thirties should we choose.

Weekly Q&A with Dr. Tina B Tessina

From reader submitted Questions

October 21-27, 2011

How do I Get Him to Pop the Question?

Together over a year and in their thirties, how does this Montana woman get her man thinking about popping the question? Find out in this week's Relationship Q&A with Dr. Tina.