Tag: Relationships
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Q&A: Signs You’re Being Catfished
By Rachel Puryear Have you ever met someone who seemed incredibly wonderful – but had a nagging feeling that they were perhaps too good to be true? And then maybe found out that they in fact weren’t who you initially thought they were? Unfortunately, that’s something just about all of us will experience in this…
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Simple Yet Powerful Things to Say to a Dying Loved One
By Rachel Puryear Nothing fully prepares you for losing a loved one. It’s something we will all go through sometimes in life, and it’s one of the hardest and most painful things we can experience. It’s often hard to know what to say to someone who we love, when they are nearing death. And of…
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Emotional Black Holes
By Rachel Puryear We’ve all heard about black holes in outer space, and probably marveled at how dangerous they could be – with their gravity being so strong that nothing can escape them. However, luckily, you will probably never actually encounter a black hole in outer space. What you’re much more likely to encounter right…
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Signs of Emotional Maturity (or a Lack Thereof)
By Rachel Puryear When it comes to all kinds of interpersonal relationships – be they romantic, friendships, familial, business, or otherwise – the difference between closeness with an emotionally mature person, versus an emotionally immature person; is profound, and like night and day. Accordingly, it’s important to be able to spot signs of emotional maturity…
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Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Relationships
By Rachel Puryear On this blog, we’ve previously discussed chemistry versus compatibility in relationships, the difference between inner circle versus outer circle friends and relations, and also considering how well two people’s goals may or may not line up – in the context of large age gaps in relationships. This post will build upon those…
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Trauma Bonding in Relationships
By Rachel Puryear Ideally, we would all only fall in love with people who love us back, and who want to treat us well. Unfortunately, that’s so often not the case – people fall in love all the time with people who don’t care about them, who abuse and mistreat them in all kinds of…
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Toxic People Versus Toxic Relationships
By Rachel Puryear The subject of toxic people – and toxic relationships – is always a popular one. That’s because a toxic person can bring a great deal of pain, leave paths of devastation, and wreak havoc in so many other people’s lives so quickly. Meanwhile, a toxic relationship can bring so much misery and…
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Can You Really Not Love Others, or Be Loved, Until You Love Yourself?
By Rachel Puryear There’s a modern adage which says that in order to love someone else, you must first love yourself. There’s also another one that says in order to be loved by others, you also must first love yourself. But are these words of wisdom really true? Well, they’re rooted in a deep truth…
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Q&A: Relationships With Large Age Differences
By Rachel Puryear I received a question from a reader regarding romantic relationships with large age differences. The reader wanted to know whether such relationships are inherently unfair to the younger person, given that the older person has more life experience – and, likely, the older person has more power in the relationship accordingly. It’s…
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