Your home is the place you return to at the end of the day, and the place where you will spend most of your downtime, so it’s natural to want it to be calm and cosy. Unfortunately though, while you ...

Most couples worry that fighting means something is wrong. Why conflict and repair are the true markers of intimacy.

While things in a couple’s kitchen alone may not signal whether or not the couple argues more than they say they do, they often symbolize deeper issues that the couple is dealing with. Some of these ...

Couples often bask in the glow of their romantic beginnings, but as time goes on, everyday habits can start to chip away at that initial bliss. It's the small things that can become surprisingly ...

Disagreements are not a sign of a failing relationship, they are a sign of two minds trying to understand each other. The difference between conflict that destroys and conflict that deepens love lies ...

When the dishwasher becomes a battlefield and the thermostat a declaration of war, you know there's something deeper brewing beneath the surface of retirement's daily dramas.

Arguments rarely appear out of nowhere. They tend to repeat, echoing the same frustrations in new forms, leaving couples wondering why the cycle never ends. The patterns are louder than the words, ...

Perfectionism, which basically is a chronic preoccupation with a form of self-protection, elicits various interpersonal problems. Couples wherein both partners are perfectionistic tend to get stuck in ...

Some arguments matter more than others. Here are the three that, in a psychologist’s eyes, are always worth having — as well as what they can teach you. Over the past few decades, we’ve completely ...

If you had to guess what couples fight about most, what would you pick? Probably something like money and finances, or the workload of caring for the kids, right? And you wouldn't exactly be wrong.