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August 5, 2024/Sex & Relationships

Here’s How To Handle the Ick When You’re Dating

An ‘ick’ is a form of projection based on cognitive bias and shouldn’t be confused as a dealbreaker

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July 19, 2024/Sex & Relationships

Jealous of Your Partner’s Past? Here’s Why Retroactive Jealousy Stings

Retroactive jealousy is often rooted in anxiety and insecurity — but there are steps you can take to help tame this green-eyed monster

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July 18, 2024/Sex & Relationships

How and When Emotional Cheating Crosses a Line

Fostering romantic and/or sexual feelings for other people outside of your relationship can lead to long-term consequences

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April 30, 2024/Sex & Relationships

What Are Karmic Relationships?

Don’t let the romantic terminology fool you: Karmic relationships are dysfunctional by definition

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February 9, 2024/Mental Health

Self-Love: Why It’s Important and What You Can Do To Love Yourself

Like being your own best friend in times of trouble, self-love is an act of self-preservation

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January 5, 2024/Skin Care & Beauty

How To Get Rid of Your Hickey, Fast

This type of bruise might benefit from warm compresses, but time is really the healing key

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September 22, 2023/Sex & Relationships

What Is Hoovering? 7 Signs and How To Handle It

This manipulative tactic sucks people back into destructive relationships

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September 18, 2023/Mental Health

Deconstructing Stonewalling

This toxic approach to conflict is unintentional or intentional and verbal or nonverbal

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August 25, 2023/Sex & Relationships

How To Identify and Address Breadcrumbing

This toxic behavior uses the principle of intermittent reinforcement to keep you invested

Infographic of signs of a situationship: no labels or exclusivity, irregular contact, lives not integrated, no growth
July 25, 2023/Sex & Relationships

Situationships: What They Are and 5 Signs You’re in One

Communication and honesty are key to all relationships, even in ‘gray zone’ situationships

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