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How to Fix a Broken Relationship: Advice From Pros

Is your relationship not working? How can you mend a relationship that lost its spark? What are some signs that your relationship is broken beyond repair? Problems are part of life and a part of being in a relationship. When your relationship is broken, the key is not to fixate on the problems but to look for effective and mutually beneficial resolution options. With this in mind, here’s how to mend a broken relationship and how to end it—if you decide that’s the right thing to do.

The Importance of Spending Time With Your Loved Ones

Do you struggle to find the time for your family? Why is it important to spend quality time with your loved ones? According to time management expert Laura Vanderkam, you should prioritize spending time with your loved ones by intentionally scheduling it in advance. Unless you schedule dedicated time to your relationships, you’ll likely prioritize more urgent activities and thus only spend your leftover time with your loved ones. Here are some tips on how you can spend more time with your loved ones.

Why You Should Stop Trying to Find Your Soulmate

Are you still trying to find your soulmate? Do you believe that everyone has a soulmate—a person they’re destined to be with? The idea that everyone has a soulmate may feel attractive and reassuring to some people. However, trying to find your soulmate isn’t the most optimal dating strategy. Here’s why the idea of a soulmate is problematic.

Setting Boundaries With Parents: The 3 Strategies

Are your parents overstepping some lines? Do you need to set boundaries with your parents? Setting boundaries with parents can be frightening, but sometimes it’s necessary for your own happiness. In Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsey Gibson advises how to reframe your relationship with your parents so that you can thrive. Let’s look at the key to setting boundaries with parents.

How to Maintain Healthy Relationships & Not Be Your Parents

What is the key to maintaining a healthy relationship? How does your childhood affect your adult relationships? In Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsey Gibson proclaims that childhood emotional neglect can have a negative effect on your relationships in adulthood. This is because victims might be attracted to people who feel familiar. Take a look at how to maintain healthy relationships to break the cycle.

Happiness and Love: How Joy Depends on Loving Unconditionally

What’s the connection between happiness and love? How is unconditional love different from other emotions? How is it practiced? To find enduring happiness, you must practice unconditional love. That’s the view of Mo Gawdat as presented in his book Solve for Happy. He explains what unconditional love is and offers advice on how to practice it. Continue reading to learn how joy depends on loving unconditionally and how to cultivate this trait in your life.

Warren Buffett: Early Life, Parents, & School

What was Warren Buffett’s early life like? How did his childhood shape his career? According to Alice Schroeder’s book The Snowball, Warren Buffett didn’t have the greatest childhood. However, it was instrumental in building the man he is today and the success he built. Read below to learn more about the early life of Warren Buffett.

How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You: 3 Verified Ways

Want to know how to tell if someone is lying to you? How do professionals detect lying? What should you look for? As a former interrogator, Evy Poumpouras knows how to understand others’ true feelings and intentions through careful observation. In Becoming Bulletproof, she argues that learning how to tell if someone is lying to you can help you to get more out of your relationships. Read on to learn how to tell if someone is lying to you, according to Poumpouras’s three methods.

How to Have Healthy Relationships While in Recovery

How do you have healthy relationships in recovery? How important is it to connect with people in sobriety? In Quit Like a Woman, Holly Whitaker claims that part of your recovery journey is learning how to deal effectively with others. Navigating relationships as a newly sober person can be difficult because many of them will change now that you’re no longer drinking. Here are some ways Whitaker recommends dealing with new and old relationships in recovery.

Don’t Let People Bring You Down or Rile You Up: Act Like a Stoic

How much do you let other people affect your mood and behavior? How can you minimize their impact on you? If you could get advice from an ancient Stoic philosopher, you’d hear this: Don’t let people bring you down or rile you up. Philosophy professor William B. Irvine explains how to avoid negative people, be patient and forgiving toward others, handle insults with maturity, and never display anger. Keep reading for this practical advice from ancient philosophy.