In my office and outside of my work as a therapist, I notice that people often wish their significant others would change. They even take on ownership of the result; for example, they believe their ...

Do you ever attempt to change your partner? Perhaps you tell them you can no longer tolerate how they are always thinking out loud while you’re trying to draft important documents. That annoying habit ...

After my divorce, I quickly entered a new relationship with a free-spirited man. There were trips to the Himalayas to trek the highest peaks in the world, but I couldn’t go. I had a young child. In ...

It’s easy to dismiss certain habits in a relationship as no big deal. A sarcastic jab here, a little white lie there—after all, nobody’s perfect. But some of the most damaging behaviors don’t show up ...

Dear Maxwells: What is the best way to go about asking my partner to change something about themselves that consistently bothers me in our relationship? I hear so many people say that you can’t ask a ...

Healthy relationship dynamics are built on trust, the ability to be vulnerable around your partner and mutual respect. Arguments and disagreements are part of every healthy relationship and no ...

When Nikki Haley decided that her future husband, Bill, looked more like a Michael, a Michael he became. How unusual are name-change proclamations in the world of love? By Gina Cherelus In the Third ...