After a partner’s death, loneliness can become stifling. Get proactive to connect with friends/activities.

Concern about a spouse’s annual message to a long-ago ex indicates personal insecurity and suppressed marriage problems.

Parents should teach teenagers financial realities and state clear limits on adult children asking for “loans.”

Using an ultimatum to keep a difficult relationship going, only prolongs a very bad situation.

An employer who uses their past workplace affair to keep an employee from leaving, can face a formal workplace complaint.

Be alert and recognize red flags if you’re being rushed into an uncomfortably intense/controlling relationship.

The death of a beloved life partner is a passage. A later new relationship is a gift, not a replacement.

Don’t just listen to your inner voice, use it in relationships to maintain a healthy, positive self-image. Just in time for Valentine’s Day.

There’s a time in life when circumstances make it crucial to your own self-respect to speak up against shallow mockery of others and divisive racism.

Resolving marital difficulties requires a fresh look at what’s possible and needed by everyone involved.

If someone close ignores Covid restrictions, explain that every family needs to help lessen cases/hospitalizations. Also, try to understand their fears.

Uncontrolled alcohol use negatively affects everyone in a family. Well-researched books offer new, motivating insights toward sobriety.

Grief counselling/therapy can be helpful over time.

If your relationship history repeats similar/confusing patterns, recognize your own conflicts through the help of a therapist (available online).

An unwanted divorce still calls on the spouse who’s been left, to help their mutual children adjust to the new situation.

Figure out why you’re staying in an unhealthy relationship, then decide your next move.

Relationship problems affect whole lives.

Personal relationship issues deserve an honest effort, or meaningful change.

Some friendships don’t last the test of time.

Couples can easily remain a proudly-bonded team regarding their marriage, despite having separate last names.

Divorce sometimes replaces marriage with self-awareness, better choices, more realistic goals.

Define your relationship by the hallmarks of its constancy not by an occasional blip.

Some people become their elderly parent’s caregiver because no other relative would or could.

Close friends with differing personal situations should discuss ahead any potential conflicts over a group plan.

A spouse still connected to his ex of 30-years ago, might soon lose his current wife.

Banning a step-child from their family home challenges the couple’s pledge of “partnership.”

Support troubled friends through regular phone/online contact, caring, and suggested resources.

When divorce becomes inevitable, confront what led there. As you change, so can your future.

When there’s solid information on relationship topics, be open to learning, testing and expanding your comfort level with new possibilities.

It IS possible to overcome the pain and pessimism from negative past life experiences, by seeking, learning, and practicing purposeful optimism.

Partner abuse of any kind is frightening, no matter the gender or other people’s perceptions.

A partner’s alcoholism can become unbearable when used to alienate friends and family.

An ongoing nasty element within a family may push a newcomer away unless the couple cut contact with their rejectors.

Crushes during marriage are imagined escapes. But acting on them can destroy what you value most.

Start 2022 with the wisdom of what you’ve already learned, and the energy of a new beginning.

Questioning a husband’s sexual identity may reflect the wife’s own insecurity about why his lovemaking, though regular, lacks enough passion for her.

Many parent/adult child relationships are strained due to harsh beginnings. But the potential for change may be hiding in plain sight: Adult self-acceptance.

New Year’s resolutions can be a useful reflective tool to help you make changes to improve your relationships.

Save social media for trusted friends/family to connect.

Christmas is a good opportunity to introduce your potential partner to your family. But if either of you is hesitant, then not yet.

Adult wisdom is best measured by its growth, adaptability, and recognition/acceptance of new realities.

A mother’s distanced behaviour may reflect her past history and present mental-health issues.

Don’t let creepy men OR women objectify you based on sex. If someone doesn’t “get” who you are as a person, move on.

Relatives who purposefully fail their own adult children/ grandchildren, do so for selfish, mean-spirited reasons.

Try meeting potential dates “organically” by joining outdoor group activities you enjoy.

Never believe a stranger’s nasty comments about someone you love/trust.

The 2020 Divorce Rate in Canada: 40% of marriages end in divorce.

Never stay in a frightening/violent relationship. Make a safe plan to leave permanently.

A mother/woman’s goals of purpose and personal contribution, can boost a couple’s relationship, not diminish it.

Partners in life don’t have to feel or behave the same way… they just have to show mutual love and trust, to be a good match.